Swimming in liquid gold

A gorgeous, male Wood Duck, swimming on the Elbow River this morning at Stanley Park (Calgary, not Vancouver). A very heavily cropped photo, as the duck was out in the middle of the river! We had a very enjoyable three-hour walk on this beautiful fall day. So glad I went, as when I checked the long-range forecast for the city last night, there was a tiny snowflake graphic on about six days in a row for the week after next. Of course, the forecast could change by then.