Ducks this time of year....
1...are beautiful. I took a drive out to where I duck hunted last fall and all the lakes are mostly broken up and ice-free. Saw a few bufflehead pairs and what I think were a lot of redheads in their full mating plumage. Some could have been canvasbacks. Possibly some ruddy ducks in silhouette. I wish I had some pictures but it was so damn windy I had trouble enough holding the binoculars steady to get positive IDs from 300 yards away. Maybe I'll get out there again sometime this week. I love spring! Pretty soon some of the plants in my neck of the woods will be breaking dormancy. Pictures to come, I'm sure!