| The Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a small diving duck which nests across much of the western United States and Canada. It nests in fresh-water marshes. The species winters across the southern portion of its breeding range as well as many areas of the southern United States and Mexico. The image of the basic plumaged male shown here was at Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in January, 2003, and was taken with a Canon EOS D60 and EF 600mm F/4 L lens. |
 |
| The next three shots show a female in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in December, 2004. These images were taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 600mm F/4 L IS lens and 2X extender. |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
| The next five shots show basic-plumaged Ruddy Ducks at Aransas N.W.R., Aransas Co., Texas, in November, 2006. These were shot with the same equipment as the December, 2004 shots immediately preceding. |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
| The two shots of female Ruddy Duck shown here were taken at San Bernard N.W.R., Brazoria Co., Texas, in March, 2007, with a Canon EOS 1D Mark II and EF 600mm F.4 L IS lens and 1.4X extender. |
 |
|
 |
| The male Ruddy Duck in the next five shots shown here was also at San Bernard N.W.R., in March, 2007. This bird is beginning to moult into breeding plumage. He stretched a foot, then a wing, then went back to feeding. |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
| The next 3 shots of winter plumaged Ruddy Ducks were taken in Austin, Travis Co., Texas in December, 2008. These 3 images were taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III. The image shown here was taken with an EF 600mm F/4 L IS lens and a 1.4X extender, while the next two images were taken with an EF 800mm F/5.6 L IS lens and a 1.4X extender. |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
| The male Ruddy Duck in breeding plumage shown here was resting on the shore of a pond in Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in April, 2009. This image was taken with the same photo gear described just previously. |
 |
| The male Ruddy Duck in basic (winter) plumage on the right was at Austin, Travis Co., Texas, in December, 2010. |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loading...
