Ruddy reflection

These stiff-tailed ducks are always fun to watch, especially when it's breeding time. Though only small, the males show aggressive behaviour and I always think they look like they have quite an attitude. Photographed this male on 16 July 2013, when I went for a drive along the backroads SW of Calgary.

"The Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a duck from North America and the Andes Mountains of South America, one of the stiff-tailed ducks .... They are migratory and winter in coastal bays and unfrozen lakes and ponds .... As a result of escapes from wildfowl collections, they are now established in Great Britain, from where they have spread widely into Europe." From Wikipedia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruddy_Duck

www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/ruddy_duck/id