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I spent a couple early mornings in the wood duck blind this week. It was still pretty dark when I took this photo of the male on a log. Luckily, he stood still for a long exposure.

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About eight males and one lone female came into the pond.

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As I was watching the ducks a barred owl called from across the pond. I love the call of the barred owl.

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Several times the woodies would do their little dance on the water.

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They look so proud when they raise their crest feathers.

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I photographed the ducks for about two hours.

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Towards the end the pond was like glass reflecting the woodies beautiful colors in the water.

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This photo turned out nice with a log reflected in the water.

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Hand Feeding Chickadees

I never did get our granddaughter who is visiting us this month to want to get up at 4:00 AM in the morning to get into the blind and watch the wood ducks. She was willing though to let the chickadees land on her hand. We went over to a friend’s house that has some friendly chickadees. Addie’s comment was that they are so adorable and it is pretty awesome to feel their little feet on your hand.

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