“The Wood Duck is one of the most stunningly pretty of all waterfowl,” is the plausible claim of Cornell’s All About Birds website. The trouble with this bonny bird is that it normally hangs out in marshes and is wary of being approached. My sightings have usually involved bushwhacking and gumboots. Yet, for the last three days, Wood Ducks have visited me.
Although it was the third time these two couples had come by, this was the first time they didn’t flush before I could take pictures. This time, the ducks seemed unaware that I was standing nearby in the rain and low light of dawn.
They even came ashore in front of me,
and wandered about,
before heading farther along the lakeshore.
I wondered how you managed all that contact with wildlife…dawn and rain clearing tell me why I don’t. 🙂
Lorna, you merely have to upgrade to the latest version of the CritterFinder™ App. It has new sensitivity settings that let you detect mammals or birds, but ignore arthropods.