Wood Ducks go unreported around Kootenay Lake in the winter months of December, January, and February. Occasionally one has been seen in the larger region in February, but that is rare. So, I hadn’t expected to see a female along the shore this morning. When I showed the picture to Derek Kite, he said, “I wonder if it is the same one I saw this January. Maybe we have had a Wood Duck here all winter.”
A Wood Duck stands in the snow in Derek Kite’s picture of January 11th.
This is possibly the same duck, now seen on February 13th.
Derek Kite’s picture is used with permission.
Those are simply beautiful portrait photos of this duck!