Ring-necked Duck

Back in December I posted a couple of pictures of a female Ring-necked Duck that I saw at RNWR. I had seen it several times in the canal along the auto tour between markers 2 & 3. I mentioned that it would nice if it attracted a male into the canal so I could add a closer image of a male to my collection.

The female hasn't been in the canal the last couple of times that I visited, but on Wednesday it was back with not only a male, but a female Lesser Scaup.

Ring-necked Duck

There has been a female Ring-necked Duck in the canal along the road at RNWR auto tour for a few weeks. It's near marker 2. I took these pictures back on Dec 18 using the rented 600mm lens.
With any luck, it will eventually attract a male to the canal. I'd love to get a close up picture of a male. The image on the bottom was taken from the bird blind at TRNWR way back on April 10th using the 400mm rental. Not a bad photo, but the bright water washed the image out. I need to remember to borrow my son's polarizing lens to see how much it improves these types of lighting situations.