{"id":33897,"date":"2013-02-28T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=33897"},"modified":"2013-02-27T10:44:44","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T15:44:44","slug":"morning-eye-candy-ducks-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/02\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-ducks-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Eye Candy: Ducks Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the ice is away, the ducks will play! Pat Gonzalez was out and about with her bird-friendly camera recently, snapping pictures of the raptors and fowl that spend their days in the Garden. While on the prowl, she happened upon this Red-breasted Merganser, looking decidedly punk with his full mohawk. The mallards, meanwhile, wanted nothing to do with the poultry paparazzi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Red-Breasted-Merganser-1-2.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"33900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/02\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-ducks-up\/attachment\/mec-red-breasted-merganser-1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Red-Breasted-Merganser-1-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"875,581\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Red-breasted Merganser\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Red-Breasted-Merganser-1-2-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Red-Breasted-Merganser-1-2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33900\" alt=\"Red-breasted Merganser\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Red-Breasted-Merganser-1-2.jpg\" width=\"567\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Red-Breasted-Merganser-1-2.jpg 875w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Red-Breasted-Merganser-1-2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Ducks-Up.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"33901\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/02\/photography\/morning-eye-candy-ducks-up\/attachment\/mec-ducks-up\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Ducks-Up.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,746\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mallards\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Ducks-Up-300x218.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Ducks-Up.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33901\" alt=\"Mallards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Ducks-Up.jpg\" width=\"567\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Ducks-Up.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MEC-Ducks-Up-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Photos by <a title=\"Patricia Gonzalez Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/naturecamhd\" target=\"_blank\">Pat Gonzalez<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the ice is away, the ducks will 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