{"id":438,"date":"2015-11-22T21:32:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T21:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplechickadee.com\/?p=438"},"modified":"2015-11-22T21:33:16","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T21:33:16","slug":"celery-farm-redhead-and-other-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplechickadee.com\/?p=438","title":{"rendered":"Celery Farm Redhead and other ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bob and I visited The Celery Farm on Saturday, hoping to see Ralph the Redhead duck, who has been hanging around for more than a month. Success! What a beauty he is. He gave us some very nice looks, sometimes floating and resting with his head tucked in and other times actively swimming around (click any photo to bring you to the entire album &#8211; all photos by Bob Perry):<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ralph the Redhead, Celery Farm, November 21, 2015.  ALL PHOTOS BY BOB PERRY.\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CeleryFarmDucksAndMore#6220084933230967890\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Z0w5BqL_2RU\/VlIuSpX9vFI\/AAAAAAAASUY\/JbiFWdmzta0\/IMG_8962.JPG?imgmax=512\" alt=\"Ralph the Redhead, Celery Farm, November 21, 2015.  ALL PHOTOS BY BOB PERRY.\" width=\"512\" height=\"331\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CeleryFarmDucksAndMore#6220084933127048914\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-8kIJ2KptLiI\/VlIuSo_MDtI\/AAAAAAAASUU\/ODNCatbm-SI\/IMG_8948.JPG?imgmax=288\" alt=\"IMG_8948.JPG\" width=\"288\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CeleryFarmDucksAndMore#6220084934318509362\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-kJdbgl2RLoI\/VlIuStbQTTI\/AAAAAAAASUQ\/75wLKnZ4EPE\/IMG_8947.JPG?imgmax=288\" alt=\"IMG_8947.JPG\" width=\"288\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also got magnificent looks at some Northern Shovelers:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Male Northern Shoveler\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CeleryFarmDucksAndMore#6220085001914060482\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-_hmwgv32-kw\/VlIuWpPSjsI\/AAAAAAAASUo\/tjK5mzib_m4\/IMG_8978.JPG?imgmax=512\" alt=\"Male Northern Shoveler\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CeleryFarmDucksAndMore#6220085013791183938\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-_9YMRtuf8d8\/VlIuXVfBFEI\/AAAAAAAASUs\/xz_QZ0OTDho\/IMG_8987.JPG?imgmax=512\" alt=\"IMG_8987.JPG\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Female Northern Shoveler\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CeleryFarmDucksAndMore#6220085642036477426\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/--fgTlraSpbk\/VlIu754XffI\/AAAAAAAASWQ\/EQkQQL2PHnw\/IMG_9022.JPG?imgmax=512\" alt=\"Female Northern Shoveler\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other ducks we saw included Hooded Mergansers, American Black Ducks, a single female Ruddy Duck, as well as American Wigeons and Mallards, pictured below:<a title=\"Two male American Wigeon with a Shoveler in the back\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CeleryFarmDucksAndMore#6220084890716841154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Z_Q43hjK_mM\/VlIuQK_zpMI\/AAAAAAAASV8\/pINzA3Cn3l4\/IMG_9027.JPG?imgmax=288\" alt=\"Two male American Wigeon with a Shoveler in the back\" width=\"288\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Beautiful Mallards\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CeleryFarmDucksAndMore#6220085039391625202\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-G4un2cqvpKE\/VlIuY02oz_I\/AAAAAAAASVI\/epovhLC7ayk\/IMG_8998.JPG?imgmax=288\" alt=\"Beautiful Mallards\" width=\"288\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also watched a Downy Woodpecker going nuts, pecking away at a bunch of tree trunks:<a href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CeleryFarmDucksAndMore#6220085113043724530\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-UtuQlolF0JQ\/VlIudHOqqPI\/AAAAAAAASV4\/EkRlFSXnppI\/IMG_9083.JPG?imgmax=512\" alt=\"IMG_9083.JPG\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Check out the wood chip flying away as the Downy pecks at the branch!\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CeleryFarmDucksAndMore#6220085081348593042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-9sPFEZ4yeVY\/VlIubRJ9VZI\/AAAAAAAASVs\/1Rxm6ZHAvms\/IMG_9061.JPG?imgmax=512\" alt=\"Check out the wood chip flying away as the Downy pecks at the branch!\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Bye!\" href=\"https:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/116687283366637969462\/CeleryFarmDucksAndMore#6220085516871134594\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"pie-img\" style=\"margin: 10px 10px 10px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-TIpGIoZdMzI\/VlIu0nmn7YI\/AAAAAAAASWI\/t1SWWBrupsk\/IMG_9041.JPG?imgmax=512\" alt=\"Bye!\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are more photos within the album, so click on any photo to bring you to them. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob and I visited The Celery Farm on Saturday, hoping to see Ralph the Redhead duck, who has been hanging around for more than a month. Success! What a beauty he is. 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