Wood Ducks are terribly shy, but I was able to get a few photos by being silent and not trying to approach too close.

Not exactly wood ducks, but I remember that 10 years ago (in the February of 2014) I saw ducks swimming in the Lake Feneketlen (Feneketlen-tó in Hungarian) in Budapest, Hungary. It was a peaceful experience. I even uploaded two videos (this and this) about it in that year to YouTube.