Saxony
This duck became curious about me as I sat by the pond shore and swam by to check me out. I didn’t know what it was until Darren Shaw ID’d it as a Saxony drake.
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Jeremy Jones
Nice Detail, man!! Theres even some catch light in the eyes
John Wright replied
Thank you Jeremy. Gotta love that 300mm.
Dennis Jones -...
Global warming…....
John Wright replied
LOL
Jan Piller
What duck?
John Wright replied
LOL
RichImage
great capture…. there are hybrids like that where I live…. they make for some interesting speculation..
John Wright replied
Thanks Rich. Yes it was fun trying to figure it out.
Megan Martin
Gorgeous shot! I love the gray color of the duck…I think you found a rare one!
John Wright replied
Thank you Megan. I have no idea, aside from never having seen one like this before.
Ellen
Very beautiful photo of this duck!
John Wright replied
Thank you Ellen.
SueAnne
Great macro shot, the bill looks awesone
John Wright replied
Thank you SueAnne.
darren shaw
whoooooo one of the best shots of a Saxony Drake i have seen he was so cute i had to look up what he was on the web turns out hes a Saxony Drake ,cant be common cos ive feed 1,0000000;s of ducks and never seen his breed before i just want to cuddle him
darren shaw
ps i am the duck king
have a great new year
John Wright replied
A Saxony drake? I’d never heard of a Saxony, and in all my searching I never found one listed. Thanks for the information, and the kind words!
darren shaw
i hope i got he name right but the pic on the web under that name looked the same
John Wright replied
I looked it up and found a picture that looked just like this duck, so I believe you got it exactly right. Thank you Darren.
darren shaw
thank god for that or i would of looked very silly
and it makes for a not run of the mill malard pic
and thanks to your pic i found a duck i had not come across ,only prob now is i want one ,if you see him give him some bread from me thanks
have a great new year and happy snaping
wonder what his wife would look like ?
John Wright replied
If he’s still at that pond, I’ll see him again. I didn’t see any others like him, he was following a mallard pair. I’m guessing they are not native to this area but I’ll have to look it up.
darren shaw
i know have him for life thanks just paid for your card off him ,i will send it to my mum for her birthday then ask for it back cos iam tight have a great week john chows for nows
John Wright replied
Thank you very much Darren!
darren shaw
your welcome its a nice pic ,i will be happy to get my hands on it
so thank you
darren
off to look what there is to eat now in the house ,the supper market could be a calling from the looks of things