A rather unique bird swimming in the frigid waters of the Mystic River. A red-breasted merganser, perhaps?
Posts Tagged ‘waterfowl’
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 »
beautiful beak
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, birds, Inspiration, nature, Photography, Revere Beach, seagulls, waterfowl on August 28, 2017| 4 Comments »
back at swan lake iris gardens
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, birds, colors, Inspiration, nature, Photography, Swan Lake Iris Gardens, swans, travel, water, waterfowl on October 10, 2016| 2 Comments »
When in Sumter, South Carolina, I missed the irises in bloom but the swans were in full force. The city’s Swan Lake Iris Gardens is the only public park in the U.S. to feature all eight swan species. The sun shone bright this particular day as this trio floated by.
Learn more about the park via this link: http://www.sumtersc.gov/swan-lake-iris-gardens
beneath the bridge
Posted in Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged landscape, nature, Photography, Sumter, Swan Lake, travel, waterfowl on October 3, 2016| 4 Comments »
in the swan lake gardens
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, dragonflies, insects, Inspiration, landscape, nature, nature photography, Photography, South Carolina, spiders, Sumter, swans, travel, waterfowl on October 2, 2016| 3 Comments »
a true watering hole
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, Boston Public Garden, nature, Photography, urban landscape, waterfowl on May 27, 2016| 3 Comments »
All are welcome to gather by the water and rest awhile, the mallards and geese, and this colorful fellow, all I expect accept a hawk.
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.
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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