Look at me
"Look at me." says the handsome Wood duck drake to a nearby hen, "Am I not the one. Look at my beautiful white abdomen and spotted chest. Look at my strong wings" he say while flapping them. "I am the one." He performed this courtship display several times, allowing me to move a yard or so to capture the event in perfect symmetry.
I was surprised to see courtship displays in November as spring is a long way off. I also photographed Hooded merganser's courtship displays a week earlier.
Wood ducks pair up in late winter and begin breeding in early spring.
Look at me
"Look at me." says the handsome Wood duck drake to a nearby hen, "Am I not the one. Look at my beautiful white abdomen and spotted chest. Look at my strong wings" he say while flapping them. "I am the one." He performed this courtship display several times, allowing me to move a yard or so to capture the event in perfect symmetry.
I was surprised to see courtship displays in November as spring is a long way off. I also photographed Hooded merganser's courtship displays a week earlier.
Wood ducks pair up in late winter and begin breeding in early spring.