Still sleepy

Hi Mark, interesting wood duck.  I'm interested as to where you shot it.  If I remember correctly this looks like a european version of a wood duck.

BTW, I love your waterfowl photos, keep up the great work!

Mark, agree this is a terrific image.  I love your whole portfolio of avian friends, I especially like the way you often do very tight portraits, or closeups, of their faces.   Great work!

@ Erik: I am pretty sure these are Mandarin Ducks.  See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Duck