Wood
Duck
(Aix Sponsa)
Photographed at
Flamingo Hotel, Vegas, NV Aug 2010, 2018
Animal Kingdom, Orlando, Florida Mar 2011
Considered by many
to be the most beautiful of North American waterfowl, the wood duck is a
perching duck that normally nests in cavities in trees.
Wood ducks are
medium-sized perching ducks. Breeding males have an iridescent green and white
crested head with red eyes, red and white bill, chestnut breast, golden flanks
and iridescent back.
The female is a drab
version of the male, but is considered striking compared to other duck hens. Wood ducks breed
in much of southern Canada and the eastern U.S., but is largely absent from
U.S. Prairies, Great Plains and southwest. Winter range includes extreme
southern Ontario.
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