Category Archives: Animals
Blondie’s Ducklings
Sandy noticed that Blondie had a brood. When I happen upon them they were down to 5. Meanwhile I saw 3 Night Herons nearby.
Angry Burds
Those ding dang noisy burds. Night Heron territorial disputes and what I think is a female Robin obviously nagging her husband about a lack of high quality food. He searches frantically as the wife is yelling at him in the background. It was probably a mother looking to feed her baby burd, but I like …
Egret Eyeland
I don’t recall for as long as we lived here, a whole flock (20 or so) of Egrets nesting in one of the trees on the island. It was difficult to get a good angle as they were so high.
Diver Down
The terns were daring me to shoot them. I could not for the life of me get a good shot so I made a composite.
Passing Duck
Our own Aflac duck, Ben, has been looking pretty dirty lately and yesterday, he had some nasty green crap. Tired of cleaning up after him, I chased him out of the backyard. I noticed he stumbled quite a bit. He just sat outside our fence all day and I mentioned to Sandy this didn’t look …
Burd Activity
Just as we were about to leave for LA there was a flurry of burd activity. We spent so much time observing them it delayed our departure. We were happy to see a brood of new ducklings, 10 of them to be exact.
Ugly Duck
Ben will never win any beauty contests.
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Weekend morning ritual, coffee, cam, lagoon. Followed by a duck shoot….
70º Spring Day
After dumping my cup of coffee all over the kitchen counter, I did my morning ritual of watering the plants & sitting by the water with camera in tow waiting for something to happen. We’re finalizing Mutha’s Day menu which meant taking a trip down to San Leandro to visit with some piggy’s. In the …