{"id":11597,"date":"2013-12-06T05:16:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T12:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=11597"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:15:07","slug":"photos-that-make-me-laugh-ruddy-duck-female","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/12\/06\/photos-that-make-me-laugh-ruddy-duck-female\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos That Make Me Laugh – Ruddy Duck Female"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FemaleFemale Ruddy Duck shaking – Nikon D300, f6.3, 1\/2000, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Some times when I open a photo I took I can’t help but laugh for various reasons, in this case when I opened the file the pose of this Ruddy Duck female just “quacked” me up. The duck had been resting on the shelf of ice next to the water and when she stood up she shook her whole body and\u00a0I just happened to catch her with her bill pointed towards the sky.<\/p>\n

Maybe it is just me but I half expect this Ruddy Duck female to burst into song . Or yodel.<\/p>\n

Life is <\/em>good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Ruddy Duck photos plus facts and information on this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some times when I open a photo I took I can’t help but laugh for various reasons, in this case when I opened the file the pose of this Ruddy Duck female just “quacked” me up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1022,697,2397,26],"tags":[4004,970,5552,4753,1129,126,4620,4070,4157,4359,90,4064,2398,2447,4502,4050,3996,2063],"class_list":["post-11597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-ruddy-ducks","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-autumn","tag-bill","tag-diving-ducks","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-fall","tag-female","tag-funny","tag-hen","tag-humor-2","tag-ice","tag-oxyura-jamaicensis","tag-ruddy-duck","tag-shaking","tag-snow","tag-water","tag-waterfowl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ruddy-duck-female-funny-mia-mcpherson-4658.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-313","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19721,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/02\/07\/a-ruddy-duck-hen\/","url_meta":{"origin":11597,"position":0},"title":"Ruddy Duck Hen","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This series of Ruddy Duck images took just a little less than 8 seconds and then she tucked her bill back under her scapular and closed her eyes again.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rousing female Ruddy Duck, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ruddy-duck-female-rousing-mia-mcpherson-0080.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ruddy-duck-female-rousing-mia-mcpherson-0080.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ruddy-duck-female-rousing-mia-mcpherson-0080.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ruddy-duck-female-rousing-mia-mcpherson-0080.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":97563,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/11\/24\/ruddy-ducks-in-flight\/","url_meta":{"origin":11597,"position":1},"title":"Ruddy Ducks In Flight","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"A few days ago I saw someone say that they rarely saw photos of Ruddy Ducks in flight and I remembered I had a series of them flying past taken 11 years ago.","rel":"","context":"In "Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge"","block_context":{"text":"Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Flock of Ruddy Ducks in flight, Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ruddy-ducks-in-flight-mia-mcpherson-5493.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ruddy-ducks-in-flight-mia-mcpherson-5493.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ruddy-ducks-in-flight-mia-mcpherson-5493.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ruddy-ducks-in-flight-mia-mcpherson-5493.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":78363,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/01\/27\/winter-ruddy-duck-close-to-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":11597,"position":2},"title":"Winter Ruddy Duck Close To Home","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 27, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Two days ago I photographed a Ruddy Duck close to home at my local pond. 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