Three juvenile Wood Ducks rest on a log in the Killbuck Wetlands. They have not yet grown the adult feathers that distinguish male from female.
This female Mallard Duck is in fine mid-summer form
This is a juvenile male Mallard Duck. It is just growing in its adult feathers and looks rather motley at the moment.
A father Canada Goose shepherds his three youngsters as they walk from pasture to lake.
Here is something we've never before seen in decades of watching birds. These Canada Geese were giving themselves a bath and grooming their feathers. One goose turned itself completely upside-down in the water, several times. It seemed to be trying to wet its back. Did it have an itch it couldn't reach? We don't know, but this went on for several minutes.
