A rather unique bird swimming in the frigid waters of the Mystic River. A red-breasted merganser, perhaps?
Posts Tagged ‘ducks’
a unique beauty
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, ducks, Inspiration, merganser, Mystic River, nature, Photography, urban landscape, waterfowl on February 5, 2018| 1 Comment »
along the esplanade
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, Charles River Esplanade, ducks, Inspiration, landscape, nature, Photography, trees, walking, water, wildlife on October 19, 2017| 2 Comments »
It has been a while since I strolled along the Charles River Esplanade.
It’s that time of year when I feel I can become lost in the water because the low sun is so bright and the reflections so sharp. Very little breeze (thank goodness) and so the water becomes a near perfect mirror.
For me, I stopped worrying about finding the perfect shot though I did have an agenda before I embarked on my walk.
I let go of that agenda and just accepted the beauty that was around me.
no meal interrupted but …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged birds, Chesapeake Bay, ducks, maritime, nature, Photography, travel on August 21, 2017| 1 Comment »
I think these are young mallards because in the right light the heads of some shone faint green. These were lined up on a log in the expansive campus of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michael’s, Maryland.
Just sunbathing and cleaning I suppose but this fellow certainly gave me a look of “turn your camera elsewhere.”
along the riverway
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged animals, birds, ducks, fowl, Inspiration, Muddy River, nature, nature photography, Photography, rivers, Riverway, urban landscape on June 13, 2016| 2 Comments »
that winged thing
Posted in Inspiration, tagged birds, ducks, feathers, fowl, hope, Inspiration, mallard, nature, Photography, urban landscape on June 4, 2016| 4 Comments »
I need to write a story about hope for a magazine and, so far, all that comes to mind are feathers. These were floating in the pond in Boston Public Garden yesterday. And so was she …
wag the duckling
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged baby animals, Boston Public Garden, colors, ducks, Inspiration, mallard ducks, nature, Photography, urban landscape on May 21, 2016| 2 Comments »
mallardian blues
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged birds, colors, ducks, humor, Inspiration, mallard, nature, nature photography, Photography, poetry, storytelling, waterfowl on April 19, 2016| 11 Comments »
One day a mallard stepped out of the water onto a rock and began to preen.
So tame was it, or so quiet I, that it did not seem to mind that I watched the scene.
I braced myself in the bright, hot sun and took photo after photo with the goal,
I think, to be surprised, to see what might be revealed by this creature in the shoal.
Later I’d discover that most of the pictures were not good but in the moment I did not mind.
I’d had my time with mallard who, I like to think, bowed his head deep at our parting in the ways of his kind.
almost make way for ducklings
Posted in Books I Love, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged animals, children's books, ducks, Inspiration, landscape, Make Way for Ducklings, mallard duck, nature, Photography, Shannon Beach, Winchester on October 14, 2014| 1 Comment »
Four ducks making their way along Shannon Beach. I must say, if there is one animal that I have had much photographic-interaction with this year, it is the mallard duck. No matter where I find myself, in the mountains or in the heart of Boston, so long as I am near a body of water of any size, there will be a duck or two or four. The Make Way for Duckings reference is to this famous book.
let go and go with the flow
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged animals, Charles River, colors, ducks, Inspiration, life, nature, Photography, reflection, water on October 10, 2014| 5 Comments »
eventually I found the ducks …
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged animals, Charles River, colors, ducks, eyes, Inspiration, mallard ducks, nature, Photography, urban landscape, waterfowl on September 4, 2014| 5 Comments »
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