Gorgeous Duck, no ID in book

ginger_55

3/17/2006
ginger

I told another photographer
that this duck was easily
found in the books, well, I
can't find it in two books.

Anyone know?

Is the red bill just the late afternoon light?
Other things do not fit my descriptions
even for breeding birds.

riddim_maker

This beautiful bird is called "Mandarin Duck", it's an Asian duck species.
hopefully this helps

BigAl

I just got beaten I see - it's a Mandarin Wood Duck.

Lovely lighting you got there Ginger!

ginger_55

Thanks for the information! That duck is not in my Peterson, I will google it. I think he looks kind of oriental, smile! Wonderful "bird". I gave the other photographer my card, maybe she will e-mail me and I can share the information. She is from Louisiana, said she had never seen one of those. She seemed more interested in the ducks than the egrets, silly woman.

But that duck is gorgeous. The light has been fantastic there just before sunset, for an hour at least. No leaves on the trees and all, it is almost like a different place, but the leaves are coming and fast!

I took some of the yellow out of that shot. I am getting a bit tired of the light actually. It seems to really work sometimes and other times it just muddies things up. Even with all the yellow I took out the bird still glows.

Thanks for stopping, commenting and giving me the information!

ginger

Dee

I found a pair
in Marin County, I can't remember the name of the town right now. It took me a bit of googling before I could make an ID.

The male in particular is a spectacular specimen, don't you think?

Ric Grupe

I like the light on this one. Lovely.

rainforest1155

I light the light in which you got the Mandarin Duck.
We've got them here too:


They are amazingly colored. I was really astonished seeing such beautiful ducks outside a zoo, when I first saw them here in Leipzig in a park. Haven't seen them before, not even in a zoo.

Sebastian

Jacksmyname

Ginger, can I ask where you took that shot?
I see you're in Charleston. We're in Summerville.
Jack

ginger_55

I took that shot at Magnolia Gardens, hiway 61.

Hey Jack, just woke up but PM coming.

Thanks all of you! Sebastian, yours is a great shot!
Very detailed. At the Gardens they are there, but not
that close. And if they find out that they are close,
they are a goin'.

ginger

Jacksmyname

Thanks Ginger. We've been to Magnolia Gardens a couple of times recently and really enjoyed it.
Been trying to get some good shots of the egrets as they're nesting now. Got some, but nothing to write home about yet :-).
But, I did manage to get a pretty good one of the 'gators:
http://www.pbase.com/jacksmyname/image/57070655/large.jpg

Jack

Rohirrim

Nice find Ginger, great lighting as well.