HOME | DD
THEDOC4 β Ruddy Duck
Published: 2006-08-06 20:53:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 722; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 31
Redirect to original
Description
This little duck is not native to the UK, first thing that struck me was the big blue bill looking kind of stuck on lol, Daffy Duck always springs to mind
Related content
Comments: 43
Oh Yes
π: 0 β©: 0
i love ruddy ducks. they are considered crap ducks around where i live though. no one eats them.
π: 0 β©: 1
They are considered a pest over here for interbreeding, many are culled. i love watching there antics
π: 0 β©: 0
Ohhh very beautuful i love how they have blue Beaks ^^
π: 0 β©: 1
Cheers!!!!
π: 0 β©: 1
Your so extremΓΆly talented with the Camera!
Btw what camera do you use?
π: 0 β©: 1
Thankyou very much
π: 0 β©: 1
neat i got a Canon Eos 400D but i'm not allowed to use it until after christmas XD
π: 0 β©: 1
Nice Camera
π: 0 β©: 1
Great shot!
Unfortunately where I live I only get to see them in winter plumage. They're still cute, but I'd love to see a blue-billed guy in person.
π: 0 β©: 1
Thankyou!!!!!! thats very unfortunate for you as they are so vibrant in full summer colours
which is a real shame as they are a very lively little bird.
π: 0 β©: 0
π: 0 β©: 1
Cheers!!!!!!yes that big blue beak is very stricking against the normal ducks i see
π: 0 β©: 0
Wonderful shot...
I have to admit I do have a soft spot for these...
For those interested an article is found here reference the situation with the Ruddy Duck and its close relative the White-headed duck...
[link]
π: 0 β©: 2
Thankyou
π: 0 β©: 0
Sorry that link takes you elsewhere..Try this..
π: 0 β©: 0
Great shot, I love these ducks. Weren't they trying to exterminate them at one point because of mating with the white-headed duck? They still seem to be around...
π: 0 β©: 1
Thankyou!!!!!! yes i've heard that myself but know of only one water where they have actually shot them and cut the numbers, i doubt it would happen where i photgraph these as its a very public place and
don't think it would go down well. i dont know the implications of them being here, i just sit on the fence and enjoy what i see and photograph really.
π: 0 β©: 1
It's not like their squirrels or something. I like the ruddies!
π: 0 β©: 1
I too agree with everyone the bill looks stuck on. They are very funny though when they go on the defensive as Dave says. The head bobs up and down at such a speed you can't help but laugh at it
π: 0 β©: 1
π: 0 β©: 0
I hope it's not tiresome that so many of us write essentially to say "Another fabulous shot." My goal is to learn to capture wild things as well as you do. And thanks again for the generous sharing of info. Cheers.
π: 0 β©: 1
No not at all
π: 0 β©: 0
They really do look like that though. Very nice photo of him.
π: 0 β©: 1
Cheers!!!!!!!!
π: 0 β©: 1
I'll look forward to it, but don't scare then too much
π: 0 β©: 1
haha its them trying to scare me off
π: 0 β©: 1
look at that beautiful bill! brilliant photo, i love the reflection in the water as well, well done!
π: 0 β©: 1
Thankyou!!!! yes he certainly makes the other ducks luck a little common
π: 0 β©: 0
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I am in 
π: 0 β©: 1
I new you would appreciate this one
in the same manner you have in the vertical position if i can
then you will be in for a treat, the tufts pop out like horns and he cleary tries to intimidate me off, very funny and comical. i have on a few occasions seen them sort of fly more like running on water which i would love to capture
but im gonna need a heap of luck for that shot
π: 0 β©: 0
Wow that bill looks like it doesn't fit on him LOL nice duck! So yeah it looks liek someone just copy/pasted it on him LOL. Anywho nice photo!!! =^_^=
π: 0 β©: 1
Ye LOL ya wanna see them when they go on the defensive!!!!!! two little tufts like horns appear and he rears up to ya, very funny and comical, im try so hard to capture it
π: 0 β©: 1
Lovely photo as ever David.
Nice looking little fella, but I seem to remember them not being to popular due to them interbreeding with a native species and erroding the gene pool.
π: 0 β©: 1
Thanks!!!!!! ye i've heard pretty much the same about them. at least the effects aren't as damaging as the impact the grey squirrels had on the native Reds say. i know very little about them except they make
great subjects to shoot
π: 0 β©: 0