UPDATE: Tara Tanaka has identified these as male wood ducks (I got the species right but not the sex). Tara says this:
How sweet! They’re male woodies – you can tell by the crescent on their faces – the white “comma” behind the eye. I’m guessing they are this year’s, however it’s possible they are adults that are coming out of molt and those are their new feathers. They look really different during molt.
If you want to see how different a male wood duck looks in breeding plumage, go to this morning's photos by Colin Franks.
After this morning's feeding, three very small ducks flew into Botany Pond and made themselves at home with the mallards, even eating cracked corn on the duck plaza. I suspect these are wood ducks (Aix sponsa) based on their slight crest and eye markings, and they could be all females or perhaps including males not in breeding color. I'm sure readers can help me out with the IDs. There are also two videos at the end.
It was pretty dark, so the shutter speeds were slow, accounting for the non-sharp images.
On the North Duck Island with mallards.
These little ducks are adorable!
The trio swimming together.
Wow thia is great