 Drake Blue-winged Teal | A few more ducks from my early morning of taking Wood Duck photos. The wood ducks weren't the only visitors to the pond that morning. The photo on the left is a Drake Blue-winged Teal rising up out of the water stretching his wings. It was just one good frame out of a burst of many in quick succession. The Blue-winged Teal are very fast swimmers and put up quite a wake of water in front of them as they motor across the pond (image on the left below). The Northern Shovelers were interesting to watch also. They would swim around quickly with their big bill down in the water. I would guess that they are scooping up something to eat. The Shoveler on the right below climbed up in the cat-tails and looked like he was sitting on a nest, but I think he was just checking out the neighborhood. The reflection of the sun shining on the opposite shore gave a nice warm glow to the reflection in the water. Such a nice peaceful morning. [Click the images to see larger] |
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