Duck Flyaway
by Judi Dressler
Title
Duck Flyaway
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Photography
Description
These ducks, including male and female Gadwall Ducks in the lead and an American Wigeon drake behind in the foreground, had been swmming in a pond where there were quite a few ducks, in January on a cold and windy day. I felt lucky to get some photographs of them flying off together, with the golden grasses in the background.
In a world where male ducks sport gleaming patches of green, red, or blue, the Gadwall’s understated elegance can make this common duck easy to overlook. Males are intricately patterned with gray, brown, and black; females resemble female Mallards, although with a thinner, darker bill. We don’t tend to think of ducks as pirates, but Gadwall often snatch food from diving ducks as they surface. This widespread, adaptable duck has dramatically increased in numbers in North America since the 1980s.
Quiet lakes and wetlands come alive with the breezy whistle of the American Wigeon, a dabbling duck with pizzazz. Breeding males have a green eye patch and a conspicuous white crown, earning them the nickname "baldpate." Females are brushed in warm browns with a gray-brown head and a smudge around the eye. Noisy groups congregate during fall and winter, plucking plants with their short gooselike bill from wetlands and fields or nibbling plants from the water's surface. Despite being common their populations are declining.
Photo taken on January 23, 2021, in Boulder, Colorado
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Won 1st Place in FAA's ALL COLORADO GROUP NOVEMBER LOGO contest, on 11/1/2023
Won 1st Place (tie) in FAA's DUCKS GEESE AND SWANS ONLY MORE THAN ONE contest, 5/31/2021
Won 1st Place in FAA's DUCKS GEESE AND SWANS IN FLIGHT ONLY contest, on 2/28/21
Won 2nd Place in FAA's ADULT HENS ROOSTERS OR DUCKS contest, on 7/24/2021
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Descriptive keywords and tags for this image include ducks, flying, waterfowl, in flight, wigeons, gadwalls, american wigeons, three, trio, gadwall ducks, wigeon ducks, taking off, flight, mareca strepera, mareca americana, anatidae, birds, wildlife, wild, nature, colorado, dressler, and judi dressler.
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Comments (95)
Fiona Kennard
Congratulations, Judi, on your 1st Place Win in the All Colorado Group November Logo Contest. Great shot.....
Gary F Richards
Congratulations, Judi, on your well deserved 1st Place Win in the All Colorado Group November Logo Contest! F/L
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Judi, on your 1st Place Win in the All Colorado Group November Logo Contest. Such a wonderful photograph! L/F
Anne Gifford
Congratulations on your first place win in the All Colorado group logo contest! It's great that you will be the logo artist with this beauty of an image.
Colorado Still Magnolia- Kim Parker
Congratulations on your first place win in the All COLORADO November logo contest contest Judi!. Great work!
Lorraine Baum
Congratulations on your first place win in the All COLORADO November logo contest contest Judi!. Amazing capture! L/F
Paul Hamilton
Congratulations on your first place in the All COLORADO GROUP LOGO contest. Great shot!
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #24 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Diana Mary Sharpton
Nominating this gorgeous duck flyaway capture for special feature on the 1000 view group...t/p
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Conni Schaftenaar
congrats, Judi, on your 2nd place finish in the Adult Hens Roosters or Ducks contest! voted, L/F
Marilyn DeBlock
Beautiful work! Congrats on your 2nd place win in the Adult Hens, Roosters or Ducks Contest.
Linda Brittain
Congratulations on your 2nd Place Win in the Adult Hens, Roosters or Ducks Contest, Judi! Beautiful work!
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