DRAKE WOOD DUCK 1254-098

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WISSAHICKON CREEK, PHILA., PA., USA

 

The Wood Duck is one of the most stunningly pretty of all waterfowl. Males are iridescent chestnut and green, with ornate patterns on nearly every feather; the elegant females have a distinctive profile and delicate white pattern around the eye. These birds live in wooded swamps, where they nest in holes in trees or in nest boxes put up around lake margins. They are one of the few duck species equipped with strong claws that can grip bark and perch on branches.

 

Nikon D7200 with Nikon 500mm f4 G ED VR lens with 1.4 converter and fill flash

1/1600 F5.6 ISO 800

 

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"And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son".

Zechariah 12:10

 

 

 

 

 

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