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| Mallard drake, July |
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| Wood duck hen and drake, July |
Field guides always illustrate waterfowl in their gorgeous breeding plumage, but come July, you wouldn't recognize these dandies! They are all molting in to eclipse plumage for 6-8 weeks, now that breeding season is over. They look very much like their womenfolk for a while. Come fall, they will be in their lovely, iridescent plumage again.
1 comment:
That's a beautiful shot of the wood duck. I can't imagine them ever being drab.
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