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Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Above and below: A pair of nesting Wood Ducks near Violette's Lock along the C&O Canal, Maryland (4/16/2006).
Below: A drake Wood Duck at Bombay Hook NWR, Delaware (4/7/2007).
Below: A young Wood Duck enjoying its teenage months near North Beach marsh, Calvert Co., Maryland (8/16/2008).
Below three: A hen Wood Duck with her large family at Harris Neck NWR, Georgia (5/7/2006).
Below: Baby Wood Ducks sneak away at Patuxent Research Refuge, P.G. Co., Maryland (5/18/2008).
Below: A hen Wood Duck sneaks across a shallow pond (7/11/2008).
Below: A very unusual sight at the Ocean City Inlet - a drake Wood Duck! (11/29/2009). I remember Stasz reporting a pair from the Inlet a while back and I was hoping for that same novelty ever since!
