Photo: Drippy dabbling duck

Photo by Gloria Z Nagler

Gloria says: I love the highlights his stylist put in:) (Male Gadwall on Lake Washington. They're dabblers rather than divers.)

DKH says: I've been binge watching an old season of project runway. This guy would be perfect as part of a challenge to design evening gowns inspired by birds. They wouldn't even have to design much, just copy his pattern.

The head would be the top of the gown, a white band at the waist, then the layered feather design for the top of the skirt, fading down into that herringbone pattern. Some floaty pieces of soft orange accents...

Will have to try this with the rest of Gloria's birds. I may have found a new career.