A Very handsome Couple

As I had mentioned we were birding and hiking on Monday.  We were are Bubbling Springs and Page Springs.  They are both trout hatcheries along Oak Creek near Cottonwood AZ and both have birding trails open to the public.

Hiking along Oak Creek Gloria spotted a pair of wood ducks in the creek.  I got a couple of shots off before they swam upstream.  But not the shots I wanted.  We hiked further downstream and then on the way back we could see ducks working their way downstream. Gloria got them in her binoculars and ID'd them as Mergansers, but then she said the wood ducks were with them.  So I snuck along the bank to an area where there was a bit of an opening among the thick trees and waited.

The results are below.
 I think wood ducks are my favorite bird.  I know they were my favorite when I hunted ducks many years ago.

This pair was in full breeding plumage.  So I get my best Woody picture in AZ go figure.







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