A duck, swimming in the foreground, several ducks, flying in three V-shaped formations, appear in the background. The duck has a brown head, white breast and belly, grey feet. The wings are brown with blue and orange accents. Some tail feathers are striped black and white, and some are brown. In this painting, the background is rendered in light-coloured pen and ink, the bird in the foreground is coloured with watercolour.