No Snacking Before Dinner

by Sandra Huston

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No Snacking Before Dinner

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Sandra Huston

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Photograph - Photography

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"No Snacking Before Dinner" is an original fine art wildlife photograph by Sandra Huston.

I captured this family of Mallards swimming by our lakeside deck chasing after the flies just hatched in July on Woodbury Pond in Litchfield, Maine.

Honored to be featured in the following Fine Art America groups
F.A.A. Portraits - Birds
Wildlife One A Day
Wild Birds Of The World
Your Very Best Photography

About Mallards: Once all the eggs have hatched the duck leads the brood away to water. They never return to the nest. A typical clutch is from nine to 13 eggs. Incubation takes 27-28 days, and all eggs hatch within the same 24-hour period. A duck doesn’t feed her brood, as they are capable of finding their own food as soon as they leave the nest. During the summer molt the drake loses his fine feathers and looks very much like the duck. Though they will pair up in the autumn, the drake only remains with his partner until she starts incubating, and has nothing to do with rearing the ducklings. Online source from http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/wildlife/f/13609/t/9479.aspx

Keywords: Mallard ducks, ducklings, birds, waterfowl, avian, animals, wildlife, nature, Sandra Huston, Maine photographer, original, fine art photograph, bird prints, bird art.

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August 7th, 2017

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