Mallards Small Bare Feet on Cold Ice
by Lyuba Filatova
Title
Mallards Small Bare Feet on Cold Ice
Artist
Lyuba Filatova
Medium
Photograph
Description
Mallards can be found in a wide range of habitats, and they are one of the few duck species that will remain in an area even through winter, so long as there is open water for foraging. Winter mallards can often be found in urban parks or near large bodies of water, and they will stand on the ice or huddle into the snow when not feeding. In extreme northern areas, mallards will migrate, but only as far south as they need to find a suitable location to spend the winter months.
Mallards are well insulated against the cold, but they also have other ways to keep warm. It is not unusual to see several mallards huddling together in the coldest weather to share communal body heat. When standing, they may raise each leg off the snow or ice and bring it into their feathers to warm up, or they will nestle down over their legs to warm them both. Meanwhile, their breasts and abdomens are well insulated with feathers and down.
Captured in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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Comments (14)
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Lyuba – your wildlife on ice scene has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2022 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your lovely art has been featured on the ABC Group home page from the A IS For A LOT week, February 14, 2022 - February 21, 2022. You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP as a way to preserve your feature!
Fernando Blanco Farias
I love this photograph. The scattered colors of some of the ducks form a very interesting pattern that somehow repeats the contour of the water's edge, creating a very interesting contrast between the monochromatic and almost empty right part against the left part of the image with all its colors, shadows and details. (l/f)
Dianne Cowen
I love this! All the ducks standing just a bit apart from each other, is perfect.... super colors too! f/l
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 March: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ . If the activity is allowed, your image will also be posted to Twitter. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (March 7, 2019)
Lyuba Filatova replied:
Jan, thanks a lot for LF and featuring my picture in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page!
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Snow-Ice-Frost Including Mountain Tops” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 January: Stunning Featured Images and Thank you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. If enabled, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ page. (January 22, 2019)
Lyuba Filatova replied:
Jan, thanks a lot for featuring my picture in the “Snow-Ice-Frost Including Mountain Tops” Group Home Page!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's M IS FOR MANY themed week. You are invited to add this wonderful art to the features archive discussions and in another discussion in ABC Group!
Lyuba Filatova replied:
Pamela, thanks a lot for LF and the feature in the ABC Group's M IS FOR MANY themed week!
Anita Faye
Lyuba, happy to feature your beautiful work on Poetic Poultry! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
Lyuba Filatova replied:
Anita, thanks a lot for LF and the feature on Poetic Poultry group home page!
William Tasker
Gorgeous scene! Beautifully shot. I'm proud to exhibit this named bird image among the features for the group, Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. L/F
Lyuba Filatova replied:
William, thank you so much for your kind comment, L/F and the feature in the Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group!