Wood Duck UpClose T-Shirt

Wood Duck Upclose - Original Photography by Karol Livote

Wood Duck: This duck has intrigued me since I saw a couple perched high in my back woods one day. Who would have thought you can find a duck in the woods. Most people would say there are bears, deer, wolves, squirrels and hawks and other bird species in the woods, but not a duck!! :>) The wood duck, named for the woods, is actually very quiet and can be found in shallow backwater ponds. They are often flying deep within a forest. They can also be seen perched high on tree branches. They were nearly extint around 1900, but today are doing very well. The male wood duck has a green head and crest and a red eye ring. His belly is white & the chest is rusty. The female has a bright white eye ring and is mostly all brown with the exception of a blue patch on the wing which is often hidden. They feed on seeds, plants and aquatic insects. They use to get the nerve to come to my bird feeders, when I had live on a...

Inspired by the world around me, I am sent out to capture moments in time, that I hope can find another's soul, the way it has captured mine! That is Karol Livote's motto! Karol's story is quite simple: When she was about ten years old, her sister gave her the first camera she would ever use. She took right to photography and could be found capturing burned out buildings, old boats and whatever else she could find. In her high school days, she was hardly seen without a camera in her hand. She participated in photography classes and had her own home darkroom. At that time, most of Karol's work consisted of capturing the essence of a person. After high school, life took her in another direction, but she continued her photography on...