TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Wood Duck Males Sleeping Wood Ducks-Aix sponsa, Order ANSERIFORMES - Family ANATIDAE - Subfamily Anatinae. These Wood Duck males were found sleeping (before I woke them up) in the flooded woodlands adjacent to Acton Lake in Heuston Woods in early May. (Photo: May 3, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USM) "A colorful duck of wooded swamps and streamsides. About 47-54 cm long. Male brightly patterned, female dull gray brown. In this photo, the male is on the left. Year round resident. Nests in trees near the water. The ducklings may jump from heights of up to 89 m (290 ft) without injury from their nest to the ground." For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Wood_Duck_dtl.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact bigbendwildlands@gmail.com

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.