If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.
--Douglas Adams (1952-2001) British comic Writer
Can anyone help identify these ducks for us? I have a bird book, but after flipping through the dozens of pages with geese and ducks, I quickly learned that I've got a lot to learn when it comes to identifying birds. And tonight I'm too tired to get started. This is similar to a photo of what I think are the same white ducks I took a year ago at Fishery Park in Erwin, TN. They're like old friends now -- it's just that I can't remember their names.
For this photo I used a customized white balance to bring out the blue in the water. It's amazing what you can accomplish with the white balance setting -- if you're in the habit of leaving your camera on "auto white balance", you really need to experiment and get creative with this setting! After cropping the photo, I used the Topaz Simplify filter in Photoshop to soften the image and bring out the color and forms.
--Douglas Adams (1952-2001) British comic Writer
Can anyone help identify these ducks for us? I have a bird book, but after flipping through the dozens of pages with geese and ducks, I quickly learned that I've got a lot to learn when it comes to identifying birds. And tonight I'm too tired to get started. This is similar to a photo of what I think are the same white ducks I took a year ago at Fishery Park in Erwin, TN. They're like old friends now -- it's just that I can't remember their names.
For this photo I used a customized white balance to bring out the blue in the water. It's amazing what you can accomplish with the white balance setting -- if you're in the habit of leaving your camera on "auto white balance", you really need to experiment and get creative with this setting! After cropping the photo, I used the Topaz Simplify filter in Photoshop to soften the image and bring out the color and forms.
I think it's a Pekin duck. The kind one usually finds in the meat department, and are particularly delicious.
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Maybe they escaped from a nearby farm?
Mike
Thanks for the help with the identification. No wonder I couldn't find it -- it's not in my "Complete Birds of North America" book!
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ReplyDeleteAccording to my birding friends in Ca, where we are now they "city park ducks". In other words their parents were fooling around.
Great pixs as always!
Susan
nice...
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