My trip down to the small local lake on Sunday morning resulted in a number of delightful bird photographs besides those of yesterday’s beautiful Heron.
Some were resting under shady trees, some busy feeding underwater and some were just taking a leisurely Sunday paddle on the lake. š
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Two pairs of Australian Wood Ducks, enjoying the shade from the warm sunshine. The males have the grey bodies.
Bottoms Up! (Pacific Black Ducks)
The Australasian Grebe (Male). The water is reflecting the branches of a Weeping Wattle tree.
It looks like his ar$e just exploded?? š š
I have saved images of the Australian Ibis for part 3.
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There are a crazy number of ducks in this world! We must have more than a dozen just locally and everywhere I look, there are more. Wild colors, too. And everyone — including all the other birds — love ducks. They get along with everyone except human hunters.
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That’s true! I don’t notice it so much on this side of my country, but the Eastern State’rs have their annual start to the Duck Hunting Season (Wabbit season!!) š with the compulsory wildlife protection groups protesting and trying to get on the news by interfering with the poor hunters ‘Fun’??
I love our ducks, but wish we had a more colourful bunch, mine are mostly brown or black, with just a hint of hidden splendour.
Still, for the middle of a big metropolitan city, i ain’t complaining! š
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Do like a duck. Get plenty here.
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Yeah… i thought webbed feet were practically compulsory in Yorkshire? š
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Thatās Lancashire
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Ahhh… my mistook! š
(Sure, sure!)
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It rains a lot both places, I take it?
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Lancashire actually invented rain – true!! š
They got so much that after a while they tried exporting it – mostly to Yorkshire owing to the prevailing westerly winds.
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LOL!
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Great shots! Even duck hiney…š
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Shakin’ their booty! š
(Shakin it off even – thanks Tay Tay!)
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Tay Tay?
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You’re out of the loop i see…? š
Taylor Swift’s alter name is Tay Tay (Eeeyyuugghhh!!) One of her earlier ‘hits’ was ‘Shake It Off’).
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I remember ‘Shake It Off’. Cute song. Cute video. I missed the ‘Tay-Tay’ thing. I like most of her music. The “You’re Just Another Picture To Burn” & “Mean” were annoying.
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I’m not a big fan of the ‘Personal – i’ve got a point to prove’ songs myself. Adele seems to like them as well… but at least she does have a great voice so i put up with some of them! š
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An excellent set
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Just returning the favour! š
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[…] resulted in a number of delightful bird photographs besides those of yesterday’s various ducksĀ and Sunday’sĀ beautiful […]
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After your flower series, now we are on to your bird series!!! Love it. (With the humor series in between) My favorite part is the reflection on the water. By the way, why is that duck exposing himself like that? A flasher duck?
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I loved the green reflections too – reminded me a little of weird 70’s wallpapers! š
I think he was just having a bad feather day!?? š
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