Posts Tagged ‘mallard’
duck duck
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beautiful creatures, duck, Inspiration, mallard, nature, Photography on November 1, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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 …
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.
The Scenic Charles
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Charles River, mallard, Photography, turtle on July 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »
It has been a while since I walked along the Charles River with my camera. Just a short trip today after work, and this is what I saw.
Words + Images 