A female Ruddy Duck swims on Shrock Lake in Sharon Woods Metro Park near Columbus, Ohio, on a cold early spring morning.
The Ruddy Duck was among a variety of "visiting" water fowl on the lake, stopping by for a short rest during migration north.
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