Laureate Shelties Blog
A bit of this, a bit of that...with a lot of free spirits.
We had a huge thunderstorm last night with torrential rainfall raising the level of water in the creek. We woke up to lots of action on the creek. The mallards are hanging around with two males fighting after this one female. The pair of birds above are Common Mergansers and they have been here in years past in early spring.
They are beautiful...
Pete took these shots yesterday from the deck. He had the camera on a tripod with the Sigma 150-500mm lens so was pretty intimate with the goose examining her eggs.
Rotating them
...and getting right underneath to flip them over.
Back on watch...
Addendum (these were taken a moment ago)...laying low
More than a babbling brook...there is a raging current in the creek today
A nice shot of a red winged blackbird
Annoyed by the intruder...
We have a Canada Goose nesting on the island in the creek and I went out on the deck to take some pictures of her. She wasn't thrilled with my presence and got very low and tucked her head into her side to camouflage herself. I tried not to disturb her too much, so I sat quietly on a chair waiting for her to lift her head. I was rewarded by a peek at one of her eggs.
Then along came this guy...
Swimming merrily along...
I had the 70-200 lens with a doubler making the range 400mm. I was using it hand held, so the pictures are a bit shaky.
He turned around at the bridge and swam away leaving a wake.
Shortly he was back with company.
Is it love?
Don't think so...not looking too friendly.
They whirled and they twirled and they tangoed!
It only lasted a few seconds...point made.
Back to their territories...
Mergansers A wood duck...not as common as the mergansers here. A beautiful little duck.
Mama Goose
Looking forward to seeing the babies...
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping; it is a good day.
Happy Easter!
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