While Martha was out tending to her Real Estate business on Mothers' Day Jamie and I took a hike at the Jacksonville Arboretum. I was able to catch this magnificent and beautiful male Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) or what is commonly referred to as a 'Drake' doing a little frolicing near a wooden overhang for visitors to gawk at on Lake Ray. Wood Ducks usually nest in old tree cavities along lakes and other wetland areas but may nest as much as one mile from the nearest water. The Drake is one of the most colorful birds in North America while the female or hen has much subtler color tones with a distinctive teardrop-shaped eye-patch. I shot this with our Canon Rebel xsi EOS digital SLR on automantic setting through a 78mm lens. |
| A Wood Duck or 'Drake' paddling on Lake Ray |
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