Wood Duck
by John Telfer
Title
Wood Duck
Artist
John Telfer
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
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While at the Bronx Zoo located in the Bronx, New York I was getting ready to leave when I noticed a Wood Duck that had just landed in one of the ponds in the area that I was in. I was lucky that I had my camera around my neck still along with the zoom lens on it. I started to quietly get closer and when I felt I had a good close shot I took it. I liked the way this photograph of the Wood Duck came out because of the features in the duck and the ripples in the water where he had just landed were causing a perfect circular ripple effect of the green pond water. The Wood Duck is a medium-sized perching duck. A typical adult is from 47 to 54 cm (19 to 21 in) in length with a wingspan of between 66 to 73 cm (26 to 29 in). This is about three-quarters of the length of an adult Mallard. It shares its genus with the Asian Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata).[2]
The adult male has distinctive multicoloured iridescent plumage and red eyes,with a distinctive white flare down the neck. The female, less colourful, has a white eye-ring and a whitish throat. Both adults have crested heads.
The male's call is a rising whistle, "jeeeeee"; the females utter a drawn-out, rising squeal, "oo-eek," when flushed, and a sharp "cr-r-ek, cr-e-ek" for an alarm call
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February 16th, 2012
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