Wood Duck drake with extra blue coloring, Lake County

[Mark Wallner]

This morning at Sedge Meadow FP, a drake Wood Duck was already growing in its new plumage showing extra blue coloring before the rest of its feathers grow in.  A couple videos of it can be seen here, a short one and a long one:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lI_fWo9uH4,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46iSxGnc9mQ   

Mark Wallner,  Pleasant Prairie, WI