MANDARIN DUCK.

Well it’s another wet day so after tiding up the house I’ve been painting this afternoon. I took this photo a few years ago and have finally got round to painting it. The male mandarin duck has the most elaborate and ornate plumage with distinctive long orange feathers on the side of the face, orange 'sails' on the back, and pale orange flanks. The female is dull by comparison with a grey head and white stripe behind the eye, brown back and mottled flanks. I hope the weathers better where you are blip friends.