The Wood DuckAix sponsa is one of the most beautiful of the American Ducks. Its red eye and multicolored body is striking. These were all photographed at the Arboretum, Arcadia, CA. The highly colored ducks are males and were photographed in the winter season (Sept to June). The plainer duck (3713) is the female photographed in the summer. The incompletely colored male (3953) was photographed in October.