settle – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Ruddy Duck Hen

By Mia McPherson|February 7th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Ruddy Ducks, Utah|Tags: adult, diving ducks, duck, ducks, female, fluffed up, hen, marsh, Oxyura jamaicensis, rousing, Ruddy Duck, settle, shaking, water, waterfowl, wetlands, wing flap, wing flapping, wings, winter|

This series of Ruddy Duck images took just a little less than 8 seconds and then she tucked her bill back under her scapular and closed her eyes again.