Bucket List Mandarin
This was the first Mandarin Duck we had ever seen in the wild. Bucket list cha ching ! They were swimming with the other Wood Ducks at Elk Grove Regional Park. The 2 Mandarin males were swimming behind a couple of cute female Wood Ducks. They were courting the females by head bobbing. The adult male has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face and "whiskers". The breast is purple with two vertical white bars, and the flanks ruddy, with two orange "sails" at the back.
Bucket List Mandarin
This was the first Mandarin Duck we had ever seen in the wild. Bucket list cha ching ! They were swimming with the other Wood Ducks at Elk Grove Regional Park. The 2 Mandarin males were swimming behind a couple of cute female Wood Ducks. They were courting the females by head bobbing. The adult male has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face and "whiskers". The breast is purple with two vertical white bars, and the flanks ruddy, with two orange "sails" at the back.