Sunday, December 18, 2005

I'm-so-pretty-oh-so-pretty


I'm-so-pretty-oh-so-pretty
Originally uploaded by tardigrade.
Aix gatericulata, Mandarin Duck

Back at Desconso Gardens... the camellias are revving up this winter and many are open. Some are loosing their petals. All are beautiful and delicate..

How is it that SOME males, like this duck, know how pretty they are and need just that special position to show off? Perhaps prance a bit. Bat its eyelashes. Maybe, take a deep sigh just to show how the rest of the world doesn't come up to its standards....

The male Aix sponsa, Wood Duck, isn't someone to sneeze at. He's beautiful. He's willing to sit next to the Mallards.... Anas sp..

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