A colorful wood duck (Aix sponsa) is an uncommon visitor to the artificial lake in Consitution Gardens. This one mingled with a group of mallards that were being fed by tourists.

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A wood duck (Aix sponsa) paddles around Constitution Gardens Lake.

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Yup, that's their actual name. Sounds like an insult.

Bufflehead
Bucephala albeola
Constitution Gardens, Washington, DC

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A pair of American wigeons take a dip in Constitution Gardens Lake.

American wigeon
Anas americana
Constitution Gardens, Washington, DC

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Migration brings different kinds of ducks to Constitution Gardens Lake.

Gadwall
Anas strepera
Constitution Gardens, Washington, DC

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