Male Mandarin Duck at Black Mountain

"Life is a voyage of discovery." 

 ~ Unknown

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Mandarin Duck Couple

“The silence between us was the sweetest music this universe has ever heard.” 

― Aisling Magic

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Mandarin Duck Reflection

Nature paints the best part of a picture, carves the best parts of the statue, builds the best part of the house, and speaks the best part of the oration.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

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More Mandarin Ducks

you are not too old 

and it is not too late 

to dive into your increasing depths 

where life calmly gives out

it's own secret

~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Two more Mandarin Ducks, Black Mountain NC

 One of the few feral populations 

of Mandarin Ducks in the US. 

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Mandarin Duck

It is often while you are looking for something else entirely that you make the most amazing finds. 

~ Marissa Moss

I couldn't have been more amazed to find this Mandarin Duck during a visit to Black Mountain North Carolina.  At first I thought it was a Wood Duck.  According to Wikipedia Black Mountain is one of the few places in the US with feral populations. 

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