{"id":20040,"date":"2014-02-21T23:35:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T23:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=20040"},"modified":"2014-02-21T23:35:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T23:35:31","slug":"dapper-duck-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/dapper-duck-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Dapper Duck Special"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was almost a beutiful day today. There was lots of sunshine, marred only by a few sharp showers that passed over quickly (though I did manage to get caught in one at lunchtime). The morning though was dry, and bright.<\/p>\n

Down at Falmer Pond, the greylags were honking, and I watched pair come in to land on the water.<\/p>\n

\"Greylag<\/a>
\nNote the rather dapper duck in the background. He’s the Muscovy drake, and a fine looking duck if ever there was one. He’s taken a fancy to the park bench and commandeers it most mornings.<\/p>\n

\"Muscovy<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile the female Muscovy prefers the leafy fringes around the church. Here she is on the wall by the entrance.<\/p>\n

\"Muscovy<\/a><\/p>\n

She then headed towards the ivy and eventually disappeared through the hedge into a neighbouring garden.<\/p>\n

\"Muscovy<\/a><\/p>\n

One more of the drake. A face like this simply demands a portrait.<\/p>\n

\"Muscovy<\/a><\/p>\n

That’s what I call a dapper duck!<\/p>\n

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was almost a beutiful day today. There was lots of sunshine, marred only by a few sharp showers that passed over quickly (though I did manage to get caught in one at lunchtime). The morning though was dry, and bright. Down at Falmer Pond, the greylags were honking, and I watched pair come in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[989],"tags":[977],"class_list":["post-20040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-muscovy-duck","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t