Our Woods
May 11, 2015 12:11:23 #
May 11, 2015 14:14:56 #
I missed this post Corky, jumped ahead to your continued post!!
Great shots of might pretty ducks!!
:-D
Great shots of might pretty ducks!!
:-D
May 11, 2015 15:42:16 #
angela k wrote:
I missed this post Corky, jumped ahead to your continued post!!
Great shots of might pretty ducks!!
:-D
Great shots of might pretty ducks!!
:-D
Thanks Angela, I appreciate you looking and glad you like!
May 11, 2015 17:18:17 #
Beauties, Swamp-Cork, both the ducks and the photos! Great work!!!
May 11, 2015 17:39:18 #
May 11, 2015 18:07:46 #
Your Woodies are totally different to ours. Our Woodies are just a dull gray. Nice shots. :-) :-)
May 11, 2015 18:16:27 #
May 11, 2015 18:16:39 #
Nice shots. You're so lucky to have these birds in your area.
May 11, 2015 20:24:39 #
Treepusher wrote:
Beauties, Swamp-Cork, both the ducks and the photos! Great work!!!
Thanks, Randy and I really appreciate you looking'
May 11, 2015 20:26:11 #
Sylvias wrote:
Excellent shots of pretty ducks. :-)
Thanks for looking, Sylvia and so glad that you liked.
May 11, 2015 20:56:37 #
DOOK wrote:
Your Woodies are totally different to ours. Our Woodies are just a dull gray. Nice shots. :-) :-)
Thanks Earl, so glad you liked and thanks for looking. They are very beautiful and agile ducks which prefer to nest in tree cavities, but between lack of mature trees for nesting and heavy hunting pressure, their numbers were greatly diminished. Hunting seasons were closed for many years, and they adapted to nesting in artificial nesting boxes, and bounced back, thankfully. They have been nesting in a duplex box that I built over twenty years ago, and we have been fortunate in witnessing several broods leaving the nest shortly after hatching.
May 11, 2015 21:00:14 #
rlaugh wrote:
Aren't they such pretty little ducks..good job!
Thanks very much for looking Bob, and glad you like them, and I agree, they are very beautiful!
May 11, 2015 21:59:27 #
vicksart wrote:
Nice shots. You're so lucky to have these birds in your area.
Thanks so much for looking, Vicki and I agree about being lucky! Attended a one day wildlife photo class several weeks ago, and our instructor said that when approaching the subject, we should respect their zone of comfort. Well, sometimes I think the zone of comfort for our Wood ducks is about a mile. :lol: They are hunted in the winter hunting season fairly close to our property. I purchased a small camouflaged Tent before Christmas in the hope that it would allow me to position myself closer to them and finally installed it early one morning several months later, hoping that in a few days they would become accustomed to it. To my surprise they were coming within fifteen feet or so within the hour and that's how these photos were taken!
May 11, 2015 22:56:29 #
Swamp-Cork wrote:
Wood Ducks on the Chickahominy
Great pair of shots Swampy! These guys are quite rude to me... Won't let me get close enough for a decent shot!
May 11, 2015 23:09:06 #
[quote=FrodoBaggins]Great pair of shots Swampy! These guys are quite rude to me... Won't let me get close enough for a decent shot![/quote
Thanks Frodo, and thanks for looking! The only way I pulled it off was by hiding in a camo tent, as I was telling Vicki!!
Thanks Frodo, and thanks for looking! The only way I pulled it off was by hiding in a camo tent, as I was telling Vicki!!
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