Mikepércs: Ducks

I'm having a try today again, hoping that the birds have already got used to the hide.

The sun is already rising when a couple of mallards are swimming in front of me. They are searching for food under the water:

Mallards

Meanwhile the garganeys, the teals and the shovelers appear in the distance. Three shovelers are closing, two male and a female. Here's one of the males:

Shoveler (male)

Then a mallard starts to preen nearby:

Mallard (female)

The garganeys are coming closer as well, ducking under the water regularly:

Garganey (male)

The little grebes are calling each other from time to time:

Little Grebe

Shoveler (male)

The garganeys are quite close:

Garganey (male)

Garganey (male)

Shoveler (male)

Mallard (male)

One of the shovelers comes really close to my greatest pleasure:

Shoveler (male)

Shoveler (male)

Meanwhile a pochard lands nearby, but leaves soon. I couldn't take a good shot of it. However a couple of ferruginous ducks appear, they don't dig only their heads under the water, but they are diving. I'm trying to catch the moment of ducking:

Ferruginous Duck (male)

There's not much difference between the male and the female:

Ferruginous Duck (female)

Ferruginous Duck (male)

Ferruginous Duck (male)

Ferruginous Duck (male)

In the end a female mallard lands:

Mallard (female)

Mikepércs: Only a Little Grebe

I placed my floating hide three days ago to the pond, and today I gave it a try already, as I was very curious whether the ducks would come back to the place where my hide was standing?
At dawn I'm waiting for the ducks with excitement, however they don't seem to appear. I can only see a few of them in the distance. Practically nothing comes for hours, when at last a little grebe appears swimming accross in front of my hide:

Little Grebe

On my way home I'm a bit sad as it seems the ducks keep a big distance.