So my wife says, "How come you haven't posted this yet?" I say, "Well, you know, it's not that Instagrammy" She says, "But she's so cute . . "

The ThunderDucks were the main attraction at a recent air and water show and they proudly showed off their mad flight skills for a northern Illinois audience. Here they are shown in tight formation as they perform a flyover for the excited audience.

A Wood Duck hen and Eclipse male flying from stream to pond on a late summer day. The male is one of the most colorful ducks of North America in the spring, but he only retains the red eye and the colorful beak in late summer, his eclipse plumage.

A Mallard Drake makes a flyby on his way back to his patiently waiting hen.

Lesser Scaups in flight and cleared for landing . . .

"Does the morning light make my bill look big?" asks this female Northern Shoveler while her flockmates dive for goodies in the pond.