{"id":142423,"date":"2025-04-01T02:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T07:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=142423"},"modified":"2025-03-31T19:43:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T00:43:05","slug":"wood-duck-pair-at-reeves-slough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/04\/01\/wood-duck-pair-at-reeves-slough\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Duck Pair At Reeves Slough"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday morning, I was more than delighted to photograph a Wood Duck pair at Reeves Slough at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

\"HenHen and drake Wood Duck pair at Reeves Slough, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma \u2013 Canon R7, handheld, f8, 1\/250, ISO 1600, Canon EF 100-400mm II at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I haven’t taken as many Wood Duck photos as I would like, but now that I\u2019m living where I see them frequently, I hope to take many more.<\/p>\n

Wood Ducks are dabbling ducks and perching ducks too. They nest in hollow trees, and human-made nest boxes have really helped this species.<\/p>\n

Drake Wood Ducks are very colorful, and I can see why the hens are attracted to them. They are handsome ducks!<\/p>\n

This mated pair of Wood Ducks was resting and preening on the far side of the slough. I wish they had been a little closer, but I enjoyed the habitat in this image too.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, I\u2019ll have many more opportunities to photograph this duck species when they\u2019re closer than they were yesterday.<\/p>\n

Wood Ducks lay 9 to 15 eggs which hatch in 25 to 37 days. The young leave the nest soon after they hatch and maybe this year ‘ll also get to photograph baby Wood Ducks!<\/p>\n

I’m glad I had this Wood Duck<\/span><\/a> pair in my viewfinder yesterday.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Yesterday morning, I was more than delighted to photograph a Wood Duck pair at Reeves Slough at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,13973,13974,1883],"tags":[4482,14190,13984,4717,4483,1129,126,4070,4359,4062,2138,2213,2139,16349,13975,4188,13976,165,4076,3996,4481],"class_list":["post-142423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-oklahoma","category-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge","category-wood-duck-ducks","tag-aix-sponsa","tag-bottomland-hardwood-forest","tag-bottomlands","tag-dabbling-ducks","tag-drake","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-female","tag-hen","tag-male","tag-mates","tag-mud","tag-pair","tag-perching-ducks","tag-reeves-slough","tag-shoreline","tag-slough","tag-spring","tag-trees","tag-water","tag-wood-duck"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/wood-duck-hen-drake-pair-mia-mcpherson-1972.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-B39","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":141446,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/03\/11\/serenity-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":142423,"position":0},"title":"Serenity at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"While I was at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday, I found serenity in the beautifully peaceful views the refuge offers in late winter.","rel":"","context":"In "American Coots"","block_context":{"text":"American Coots","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/gruiformes\/american-coots\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Serenity at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sequoyah-nwr-serenity-mia-mcpherson-7317.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sequoyah-nwr-serenity-mia-mcpherson-7317.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sequoyah-nwr-serenity-mia-mcpherson-7317.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/sequoyah-nwr-serenity-mia-mcpherson-7317.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":140218,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2025\/02\/18\/two-wintertime-views-at-sequoyah-national-wildlife-refuge\/","url_meta":{"origin":142423,"position":1},"title":"Two Wintertime Views At Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"February 18, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"I spent the morning at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge yesterday, and I have to say, the sunrise was simply glorious. 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