Wood Duck 001

I love watching and photographing wood ducks each spring. This week I spent a couple of mornings in my blind on a pond close to our home. There has been up to eight wood ducks frequenting the pond.

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My favorite photo is this one of the one male showing off his beautiful colors.

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Two have paired up with females.

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I was fortunate to get this mirrored image of two males.

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About half a dozen mallards have been landing in the pond.

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Mallard

Mallards also have beautiful coloring.

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Gray Fox 001

As I was in the blind early one morning a gray fox comes out of the woods approaching the ducks.

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I don’t know if a gray fox would try to take a duck or not but the ducks slowly moved away from shore.

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Whitetail Fawn

When I walked out of the blind I came up on a doe and her newborn fawn. The fawn couldn’t have been more than a couple days old as he wasn’t very stable on his feet. After letting me take a few photos he followed after mom in the brush. It was a great week for seeing wildlife. I feel fortunate to live in a patch of woods in the North Country.

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