For the last 3 weeks the picture below is pretty much what I have been seeing when I would venture out for a morning shoot. This is the time of year when we get those really heavy banks of fog rolling in and they don’t dissipate until 10 or 10:30!
I can live with one here and there, but almost everyday???

Until this week I had basically been going out and watching these ghostly shapes glide silently past me, probably laughing the whole time.
But yesterday was different. It was one of those days where everything finally goes right! The birds were there, the light was right, the wind was right, and I was set-up in the right place for a change. And for an hour or so it looked like the duck version of the Bachelor television show! There were several male Wood Ducks there all vying for the chance to escort the lovely females for the next year. Click on the images to enlarge….

The female was going from one guy to the other, pretending she was making a choice and then she would swim off again…

But the female was having a tough time choosing, so she had them both swim by again…

And we have a winner!!! The colors on the birds this year are just amazing!

The choice is made, and the loser looks on dejectedly….

But the female seems to be having some buyer’s remorse…..

A few minutes later, the wood ducks are the favorite subject of all the gossip queens on the pond!

But seriously, these are the kind of days that make it all worthwhile. Days like this don’t happen very often, so I definitely appreciate them when they do! And you know I’ll be back at it until the pond freezes up…. or I freeze up, one or the other!

Thank you for joining me on this anthropomorphic adventure! Maybe next time I’ll do it from a guys perspective!