Four comparison images of male Wood Ducks. Two of an adult male in in his brand new shiny coat and two of a male aspirant to adulthood.

Top image: An adult male in its shiny, colourful new coat as it rushes to get its share of some seed thrown out on the side of the pond.


A feisty squawking adult male doing a little wing-stretch to ward off other suitors or perhaps to just scare off the larger Mallards who are competing for the seeds.


A juvenile male crossing the road between a small pond and the lake.


The juvenile male obliging us with a wing-stretch.