The wood duck, Aix sponsa, is considered by many as one of the most beautiful species of waterfowl in North America – if not the world. Although the male wood ducks are considered the more attractive gender with colorful bright patterns and striking breeding plumage, the female wood duck is smaller and less colorful, but also decidedly beautiful, distinguishable by her lightly tinted throat and her tear-drop shaped white ring around the eye. ~ Birdhouses 101

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