This duck somehow lost or trapped in between my front yard's fence and the monsoon drain.
None of my neighbors own the duck, so this bird must be from further up and probably carried away by river water the night before.
It is not a wild duck because it looks tame and didn't fly when I approached with a camera.
I tried to get the species name of this duck, can't find the specific feather pattern. I closest that I get is Khaki Campbell, probably juvenile judging from incompleted feathers of the wings.
The picture above was taken at 8:34am under very low morning lighting.
The duck was still there until 7.00pm, and the picture below was taken at 3.11pm.
Not the best exposure here. The above white at the neck and yellow at the vegetation is over exposed.
16 comments:
What a beautiful duck! And your shots are wonderful! Have a good week!
Sylvia
That duck is beautiful! He has very pretty eyes.
Lovely photos of this very pretty duck. The lighting is wonderful!
I used to breed these ducks for the eggs this is a female in molt, they will lay 300 to 320 eggs per year. its quite a new species I believe about 1900. the males are very much like the mallard. and more recently anew species has been developed 1970s the Welsh harlequin these are much more like the runners. in posture but another excellent layer.
Hi TAbib,
I love the portrait and as you said it does not look like a wild duck!
gorgeous, gorgeous shots! You always take the most wonderful photos of the most wonderful birds! It is a treat to visit your website. I am running out of exclamatory adjectives.
Very pretty duck. I like the portrait and the color of its eye. I hope it finds its home again.
Do we have wild ducks in our city?
Hi Tabib, I can't help with the birds ID but I would say domesticated.
I like the bottom shot best of the two.
Love the detail in the eye on the second photo!
Great shots! Love all your pictures. You are a good photographer..
The duck was lucky you shoot it with a camera and not with a real gun.
Such a coincidence that I also posted a duck photo.
http://annkschin.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-world-tuesday-brisbane.html
Any idea what kind of duck it is? May be your campbell duck is the father.
Tabib: What a wonderful close-up of the duck, love the way the eye shows.
...he has a beautiful eye...a good surprise to find in your yard! ...and I love all the green. It looks so warm and lush. I can only dream about that now as we are in a deep freeze!
Thanks ALL for your comments.
The 1st pic was shot from behind the fence, and the second was no obstruction, all full frame without croping.
and to Tony Nile thanks for specific ID - "Khaki Campbell Female in Molt".
Ann, your is a female Mallard duck with babies!.
Kelly, come over to Malaysia to enjoy all the sunshine. ;)
Gorgeous shots, I like the second one best. Hopefully the duck do get reunited with the rest of the family.
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