Bay Photos by Donna

 

In downtown Cambridge, Maryland, there are several waterfront parks and street ends that overlook the Choptank River where you can go to view winter ducks.

I swung by the location at the end of Oakley Street to find a raft of mostly nappers.

 

 

 

 

There were seven duck species from my viewpoint.  Four species were near the water’s edge, so I focused on them to capture their lovely colors and pattern details.

 

Mallard (male)

Yep, I forgot to photograph the female mallard!

But for these next three ducks, I did capture and am sharing both the male and female for their comparisons.

 

Lesser Scaup (male)

 

Lesser Scaup (female)

 

Lesser Scaup (male)

 

Canvasback (male)

 

Canvasback (female)

 

Canvasback (male)

 

American Wigeon (male)

 

American Wigeon (female)

 

American Wigeon (male)

 

There were not as many ducks as I’d seen in years’ prior.  Here’s a scene from 2019 to show you another day I visited, wow!

 

Duckmania at Oakley Street, February 2019

 

Back to my visit a couple weeks ago, my final photos sharing two happy ducks.

 

 

 

For my friends up in the north U.S. and Canada, you can see they are happy happy here this winter!