Wood Ducks by Ken _Gilliland

Poser • Animals • posted on Jan 22, 2014

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I haven't posted anything for a while, so here's a quick render on the waterfowl project I'm working on. Pictured is the male Wood Ducks in front and the Wood Stork in the background. found in eastern North America, the west coast of the United States and western Mexico. Wood Ducks thrive in bottomland forests, swamps, freshwater marshes, and beaver ponds. They are also common along streams of all sizes, from creeks to rivers, and the sheer extent of these make them an important habitat. Wood Ducks seem to fare best when open water alternates with 50–75% vegetative cover that the ducks can hide and forage in. This cover can consist of downed trees, shrubs such as alder, willow, and buttonbush, as as well as emergent herbaceous plants such as arrowhead and smartweeds. While the drake (male) is very vibrant, the female is a dull brown with a tear drop eye marking (and yes, I'm working on the female now). Wood Ducks pair up in January, and most birds arriving at the breeding grounds in the spring are already paired. The Wood Duck is the only North American duck that regularly produces two broods in one year. Wood Ducks are not territorial, with the exception that a male may fight off other males that approach his mate too closely. Courting males swim before a female with wings and tail elevated, sometimes tilting the head backwards for a few seconds. Males may also perform ritualized drinking, preening, and shaking movements. Both members of a pair may preen each other. Rendered in Poser 2014 without postwork. Model Credits; "Soggy Bottom" Swamp (Nerd3D), Songbird Remix Shorebirds 1 - Wood Stork and Songbird Remix Waterfowl 2 - Wood Duck (me/Hivewire3d)