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Title
Duck Flyaway
Artist
Judi Dressler
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Photography
Description
These ducks, including male and female Gadwall Ducks in the lead and an American Wigeon drake behind in the foreground, had been swmming in a pond where there were quite a few ducks, in January on a cold and windy day. I felt lucky to get some photographs of them flying off together, with the golden grasses in the background.
In a world where male ducks sport gleaming patches of green, red, or blue, the Gadwall’s understated elegance can make this common duck easy to overlook. Males are intricately patterned with gray, brown, and black; females resemble female Mallards, although with a thinner, darker bill. We don’t tend to think of ducks as pirates, but Gadwall often snatch food from diving ducks as they surface. This widespread, adaptable duck has dramatically increased in numbers in North America since the 1980s.
Quiet lakes and wetlands come alive with the breezy whistle of the American Wigeon, a dabbling duck with pizzazz. Breeding males have a green eye patch and a conspicuous white crown, earning them the nickname "baldpate." Females are brushed in warm browns with a gray-brown head and a smudge around the eye. Noisy groups congregate during fall and winter, plucking plants with their short gooselike bill from wetlands and fields or nibbling plants from the water's surface. Despite being common their populations are declining.
Photo taken on January 23, 2021, in Boulder, Colorado
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Won 1st Place in FAA's ALL COLORADO GROUP NOVEMBER LOGO contest, on 11/1/2023
Won 1st Place (tie) in FAA's DUCKS GEESE AND SWANS ONLY MORE THAN ONE contest, 5/31/2021
Won 1st Place in FAA's DUCKS GEESE AND SWANS IN FLIGHT ONLY contest, on 2/28/21
Won 2nd Place in FAA's ADULT HENS ROOSTERS OR DUCKS contest, on 7/24/2021
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Descriptive keywords and tags for this image include ducks, flying, waterfowl, in flight, wigeons, gadwalls, american wigeons, three, trio, gadwall ducks, wigeon ducks, taking off, flight, mareca strepera, mareca americana, anatidae, birds, wildlife, wild, nature, colorado, dressler, and judi dressler.
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January 25th, 2021
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Silverthorne, CO - United States
Congratulations, Judi, on your 1st Place Win in the All Colorado Group November Logo Contest. Great shot.....
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations, Judi, on your well deserved 1st Place Win in the All Colorado Group November Logo Contest! F/L
Martville, NY - United States
Congratulations, Judi, on your 1st Place Win in the All Colorado Group November Logo Contest. Such a wonderful photograph! L/F
Boulder, CO - United States
Congratulations on your first place win in the All Colorado group logo contest! It's great that you will be the logo artist with this beauty of an image.
Jacksonville, Or - United States
Congratulations on your well deserved win!! That is an awesome photo.
Briarcliff Manor, NY - United States
Congratulations on your "All COLORADO" group logo win Judi, exceptional image!
Palmer Lake, CO - United States
Congratulations on your first place win in the All COLORADO November logo contest contest Judi!. Great work!
Broomfield, CO - United States
Congratulations on your first place win in the All COLORADO November logo contest contest Judi!. Amazing capture! L/F
Cary, NC - United States
Congratulations on your first place in the All COLORADO GROUP LOGO contest. Great shot!
Punta Gorda, FL - United States
Congratulations on your well deserved Nominated Feature of the Week! F/L
Port Orange, FL - United States
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #24 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Richardson, TX - United States
Nominating this gorgeous duck flyaway capture for special feature on the 1000 view group...t/p
Port Orange, FL - United States
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Niceville, Fl - United States
Congratulations on your 2d place win in the Adult Hens Roosters or Ducks contest!
Zeeland, MI - United States
congrats, Judi, on your 2nd place finish in the Adult Hens Roosters or Ducks contest! voted, L/F
Providence Forge, VA - United States
Beautiful work! Congrats on your 2nd place win in the Adult Hens, Roosters or Ducks Contest.
Ankeny, IA - United States
Congratulations on your 2nd Place Win in the Adult Hens, Roosters or Ducks Contest, Judi! Beautiful work!
Conneaut Lake, PA - United States
Judi, congratulations on your top finish in the ADULT HENS ROOSTERS OR DUCKS contest!
Ridgefield, WA - United States
CONGRATULATIONS, Judi, on your 2nd place win in the "WONDER of WINGS Adult Roosters Hens and Ducks" Contest.
Sydney, NS - Australia
CONGRATULATIONS! You have placed 2nd in the WONDER of WINGS Adult Roosters Hens and Ducks Contest
Naples, FL - United States
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Coastal Water Birds-Shore Birds" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Sunset Beach, NC - United States
Judy, congrats on your 1st place win in the Ducks, Geese, Swans contest
San Antonio, TX - United States
fantastic Capture and congrats on your first place in the recent contest FL
Dillon, SC - United States
Beautiful shot, congratulations on your contest win in Ducks, Geese & Swans!
Toronto, ON - Canada
Congratulations, on 1st place, tied win, in DUCKS GEESE AND SWANS only more than one, contest!
Conneaut Lake, PA - United States
Revisiting this awesome composition, Judi, congratulations on your win in the DUCKS GEESE AND SWANS contest!
San Francisco Bay Area, CA - United States
Judi, congratulations on your First Place tie in the Ducks, Geese and Swans Only More Than One contest! Spectacular work! F/L
Lake View Terrace, CA - United States
Congratulation on your 1st place finish in the Ducks, Geese and Swans Only More Than One contest. Amazing work, Congratulations!!!
St. Louis, MO - United States
Revisiting this stunning action photograph of three ducks in flight, with great timing, colors, and composition, Judi! Congratulations on your 1st place finish in the Ducks Geese And Swans Only contest! F/L
Niceville, Fl - United States
Outstanding work! Voted your entry in the Ducks, Geese, and Swans contest. l/f
Naples, FL - United States
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2021 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Western, IL - United States
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
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