Wood Ducks — Gallery Canvas Enhanced Gold aspens on the bank

Gold aspens on the bank of Lac Cardinal on the Peace River — the trunks white against the yellow canopy

its ears alert

tracking their movements across pressure ridges and windblown snowfields

his female just inside — her eye visible in the shadow of the cavity

looking through maples and birches to the lake surface beyond

Wood Ducks — Gallery Canvas Enhanced Gold aspens on the bankWood Ducks the male's extraordinary breeding plumage one of the most complex and beautiful of any North American waterfowl rendered with the precision the species demands. The iridescent green and purple of the head, the intricate white facial pattern, the chestnut breast, the golden flanks: all of it is there in Glen's watercolour, each colour zone placed exactly where it falls on the actual bird. The Wood Duck is among the most technically