This is the female of a pair that lived close to the boardwalk through Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge at the south end of Puget Sound. The pink is frosted water weed. They can do a serious “bad hair day” when they try but she looks like she has just had a perm
I was seriously “out-ducked” in a Puget Sound Camera Club competition – the secret is go to Canada where they feed them, half the time this guy was too close to focus on
My favourite Teal, very understated but the plumage is such a good match with that red eye. They do have quite flashy bits of blue under their wings but I have never got a good image with this showing
