Beautiful Wood Ducks

I love the look of the Wood Duck.  I guess they got that name because they look like they've been carved from wood and painted.  This guy is by himself, possibly his mate is sitting on their nest.  Another pair of Wood Ducks are trying to avoid interactions with this guy.

Here is the Wood Duck couple trying not to interact with the other Wood Duck.

She is so small and moves so quickly that it's easy to miss this very cool way that her feathers on her head give the illusion of a hat or a punk hairdo.

Another good picture of her with what looks like beige with short white brush strokes on the lower body and the dark area just above her bill accentuated by the white area around her eye making her look almost exotic. And he looks great, looking like he's talking to her and with that red eye he, once again, looks almost like a wooden duck instead of a Wood Duck.

Couldn't resist this pic either.

Notice the white on his throat area in all of the pictures.  It looks a little different in each one.  I guess depending on whether he stretches his  neck out?