Wood Duck pair

This was a distant, quick shot of this pair of beautiful Wood Ducks. Caught them just before they rounded a bend in the river and disappeared from sight. I had seen them swimming away from the river bank and thought they would be Mallards, so I got a pleasant surprise when I suddenly realized that these were the first Wood Ducks I'd really seen this year. Though the male is more colourful, I always think the female is an attractive bird, too. Taken yesterday, when I was walking along the Bow River at Carburn Park.

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