Female Wood Duck
She lines the nest with down or fine feathers taken from her breast and lays eight to 15 dull-white to cream-coloured eggs.
Female wood duck. The female Wood Duck breeds when one year old. Males are iridescent chestnut and green with ornate patterns on nearly every feather. Adorable Young Wood Duck Swimming in a Pond.
The top of the birds head and crest are a metallic purplish-green. The female incubates them while the male stands guard. Thousands of new high-quality pictures added every day.
Ive already done two posts about the Wood Ducks I saw the other day. Wildlife Wood Ducks Female and Male Wood Ducks inspecting new Wood Duck BoxNest Boise Idaho USA male and female wood ducks swimming in a pond with light reflecting. Australian wood duck nests in cavities in trees or in nest-boxes above or near water.
On the body the different colours are in triangles and stripes rather than random shapes or rectangles like other duck. The markings of the male wood duck include red eyes and a red bill with a yellow patch at the base. The male wood duck is one of the most recognizable birds in the United States.
The wood duck or Carolina duck is a species of perching duck and is one of the m male and female wood ducks swimming in a pond with light reflecting. The Wood Duck is one of the most stunningly pretty of all waterfowl. The back is olive brown with a shimmer of iridescent green.
This is a Spring picture of a female Wood Duck on the North Pond in Lincoln Park located inChicago Illinois in Cook County. The sides of the face are black and a white stripe. A white teardrop shaped patch surrounds the brownish-black eye.