At the beginning of an ice storm, as the trees start to collect ice on their branches, my spotter noticed these two on the lawn. The female’s beak gives her away and this is only a crop of a low resolution photo taken by my old iPad Air.
Made me think how important the male colouring is to attract a female but, once the important job is done, her camouflage becomes vital and his perhaps less so. A new insight for me perhaps…
But the appearance of these two on our front lawn is something we don’t remember ever seeing. A few in the creek behind our house are common, and the two small subdivision “lakes” have plenty because folks, yep…, feed both them and the plentiful geese that like to be fed the easy way.
Anyway, it’s worth noting.
mightyturk 
Interesting insight! Definitely more indepth than I would’ve been. Cool!
Funny thing: a quick iPad photo, taken to record a rare event. If the photo had obeyed my wish and shown both ducks clearly I wouldn’t have thought twice about it. I enjoy your writing very much.