study

By neighdoctor December 21, 2014 study

Study in brown, grey and black with accents of white.

muted palette

By neighdoctor December 21, 2014 muted palette

muted palette and yet subtly brilliant mallard pair this first day of winter

By neighdoctor December 19, 2014 alert

The “ruby” of the ruby-crowned kinglet was well displayed as this wee bird alerted to the approach of a human coming up the trail.

By neighdoctor December 18, 2014 rings

oddly enough, this is a ring-necked duck, not a ring-billed duck – handsome by any ringed measure you use

By neighdoctor December 18, 2014 small bodies, rapid flight

Two small bodies lifted from among the hundreds of geese on the pond.
And almost instantly the pair of wood ducks flew right over me.

By neighdoctor December 18, 2014 summed

All the glow of the last few days of autumn summed up in this northern shoveler drake as he lifts off Yates Mill Pond.