Pretty lady. Males get the lion’s share of attention but this female Wood Duck deserves her moment in the spotlight from the water droplets on her green crown to the pale hues coloring the feathers on her back to the iridescent azure on her wingtips.
Happy #NationalBirdDay! A very willing model, this gorgeous female Anhinga posed for me and my husband in August 2022, showing off her long neck, red eye, black and white body plumage, and those wicked looking talons on her webbed feet.