Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Winnipeg, Manitoba: 7-11-19




Beautiful bridge over the Red River





Female Common Goldeneye





with Female Bufflehead 





Female Wood Duck




wither chicks





Wood Duck young leave the nest soon after hatching.  They jump from the nesting cavity, often high up in a tree, to the ground or water.





Female




Male Wood Duck
Wood Ducks were hunted nearly to extinction during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  Thankfully management procedures have been successful and there are now well over a million of these beautiful ducks in North America.




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