Young Mandrake -01
Teal Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC. Juvenile Wood Duck drake (Aix sponsa).
While a family of Wood Ducks was raised here this spring and summer, Young Mandrake now appears to be the only representative. I see him often in this pond and northwards on Golden and Peninsula Ponds — always the only WODU present....
To understand why I've named him, see the next two images. Also, it helps if you're of a certain age where you know that Mandrake was a fictitious magician in popular literature a very long time ago!
Young Mandrake -01
Teal Pond, Thomson Marsh, Kelowna, BC. Juvenile Wood Duck drake (Aix sponsa).
While a family of Wood Ducks was raised here this spring and summer, Young Mandrake now appears to be the only representative. I see him often in this pond and northwards on Golden and Peninsula Ponds — always the only WODU present....
To understand why I've named him, see the next two images. Also, it helps if you're of a certain age where you know that Mandrake was a fictitious magician in popular literature a very long time ago!