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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: steve rossi on March 28, 2009, 10:44:26 PM

Title: wood duck
Post by: steve rossi on March 28, 2009, 10:44:26 PM: Here`s a wood duck ,I took at High Park today http://www.flickr.com/photos/sspike/3393293361/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sspike/3393293361/)
They sure are pretty little things.
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Post by: Bird Brain on March 28, 2009, 11:19:40 PM: He's a beauty! :D

Nice photo, Steve.

Jo-Anne :)
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Post by: steve rossi on March 28, 2009, 11:44:53 PM: He sure is, Thanks Jo anne

Steve
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Post by: Mark D on March 29, 2009, 08:17:02 PM: Very nice shot! I saw one up here in Uxbridge last week. They sure are beautiful birds.

Mark
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Post by: Kin Lau on March 29, 2009, 08:22:24 PM: Very lovely... the wood ducks @ High Park are just so much more approachable than elsewhere.
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Post by: Niloc on March 29, 2009, 09:12:17 PM: Excellent composition Steve, great clearity and colour thanks for sharing!
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Post by: steve rossi on March 29, 2009, 09:18:41 PM: I think maybe they acclimate to having people around them there, I was there the day before and they were a little shy and then the next day they were a little more bold.
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Post by: steve rossi on March 29, 2009, 09:19:57 PM: Thanks guys
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Post by: Photoman on March 29, 2009, 09:26:41 PM: Great photo, very nice colors.
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Post by: Niloc on March 31, 2009, 05:29:54 PM: Steve thanks for the lead on the Wood Ducks in High Park I went out there this morning and captured some pretty good pics - check them out under 'Toronto Reports'
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Post by: Vizjerei on April 01, 2009, 09:06:38 AM: Very beautiful :) great shot!
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Post by: Mathew Rossi on April 01, 2009, 10:50:33 PM: Steve & Niloc, thanks for the heads-up, I headed over this aft, the sun was at their back but I managed a few nice ones. I've wanted to get a nice detailed shot of these beauties for SOO long but in other places they don't let people nearly as close. Such gorgeous ducks!

(http://photo.asic.ca/client/asic/photo.nsf/bloglist/E16A541DCCC529AA8525758C000474FA/$FILE/1IMG_2375.jpg)

(http://photo.asic.ca/client/asic/photo.nsf/bloglist/E16A541DCCC529AA8525758C000474FA/$FILE/IMG_2422.jpg)

(http://photo.asic.ca/client/asic/photo.nsf/bloglist/E16A541DCCC529AA8525758C000474FA/$FILE/IMG_2353.jpg)
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Post by: Niloc on April 01, 2009, 10:56:55 PM: Mathew really nice shots, I know what you mean about the lighting, heading out sometime tomorrow to try and get closer I don't have the reach like you guys do lol, the first pic is my favorite the colour, clearity and your POV all work, thanks for sharing!
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Post by: Mathew Rossi on April 01, 2009, 11:01:16 PM: The a.m. is a better bet if they're in the same neighbourhood. My suggestion is to set yourself up where they may pass and stay low and avoid moving too much. They're not as skiddish if you keep a low profile, then just wait for them to arrive. Keep your eyes out for a Nightheron of some sort in the trees too!

I was so happy to just see them and snap a few, I've got in-flight wood duck shots from ~100 meters before but nothing from this close... These ones are tame compared to wilder places.
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Post by: Niloc on April 01, 2009, 11:06:51 PM: If you check the Photo page I posted a bunch of links to some pictures I already took, thanks for the lead on the night Heron though, I have one more local to me in the Brickworks as well as a Great Blue Heron pics are also posted my mext goal is to get the Wood Ducks in flight, I caught one the other day be he was too far accross tha larger part of the pond - cheers!
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Post by: suecan on April 02, 2009, 05:51:36 PM: I don't want anyone to give away any top level secrets, but whereabouts in High Park are the wood ducks-I haven't been there many times but it's pretty large isn't it?
Sue
Title: wood ducks
Post by: steve rossi on April 02, 2009, 07:15:44 PM: Hi Sue, the wood ducks are in Duck pond(fitting name) which is the pond close to where the petting zoo is ,you can find other species there as well including Hooded Mergansers. Duck pond is the smaller pond, Grenadier pond is much larger but not the pond where the wood ducks are but there are species there worth checking out.

Good luck

Steve
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Post by: steve rossi on April 02, 2009, 07:33:27 PM: Hi Mathew, the morning is definataly the best time , the first time I went in the afternoon and the pictures were mediocre, then the next day I went in morning and with the sun behind me it made a world of differance. your first shot with his reflection in the water is my favorite, I might head back this weekend and see if I can`t find a Heron hanging around.
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Post by: Niloc on April 02, 2009, 08:34:29 PM: Actually the Wood Ducks are in Grendier Pond I observed them today in the pond and in the trees, if you walk all the way down the trail past the big dock you will see more Wood Ducks in the marshland the path runs right along the shoreline!
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Post by: steve rossi on April 02, 2009, 09:31:02 PM: That`s good to know Niloc, thanks alot I will be checking it out this weekend.