Category: Best All-Around Photo Name: Oreo Sex: Hen Age: 2 years Duck/Photo Story: Oreo was one of my first muscovy ducks. She is currently 6 years old and setting a batch of 31 eggs! She was about two in this photo which was taken on the shore of our pond in Maryland.
Category: Best Group Photo Name: Lola and her ducklings Sex: Hen Age: 3 years Duck/Photo Story: Lola WAS our first muscovy duck. She is still the queen of our farm. This photo was taken as she took a stroll down the lane with her babies.
Category: Best Drake Name: Shakespeare Sex: Drake Age: 3 years Duck/Photo Story: This handsome boy was our first "colored" drake. In full feather, he shows the wide spectrum of colors that should shine out of a black muscovy feather.
Category: Best Colored Bird Name: Rose Sex: Hen Age: 7 months Duck/Photo Story: Rose is a beautiful juvenile dreaming about the future on the bank of our pond.
Category: Funniest
Name: Scovy Gutter Crew
Sex: Hen
Age: 3 mo.
Short Story About Duck/Photo: Our Scovy girls have learned to fly and there is a cadre of girls who hang out on the house roof early in the a.m and late eve. They have discovered the gutters and have been cleaning them out for me.
"Scovies for Hire! Cleaning gutters for foraging rights!"
Category:Broody Moms
Name: Charlotte
Sex: Hen/Duck
Age: 1yr?
Short Story About Duck/Photo: Charlotte and her 2nd clutch shortly after a surprising visit fm a Egret who spent about 1hr w/us and the ducks on it's migration south.