This Canada goose is patiently brooding her eggs. Note the soft nesting materials where they spill out from under her mid-section.
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Authorkilldeer
Bright orange-red eyering marks the killdeer / Charadrius vociferus.
Vociferus in the scientific name can be defined as “crying out noisily” and this bird does so with its loud frequent killdeee, kildeee call.
wood duck drake
the wood duck drake floated past – an enameled brooch on the lake
Memorial Day bird
in my tails and missing top hat
I watched human parade
step past
flags at half mast
wondered if humans knew
we birds too
appreciate
those still nursing wounds
some with minds aching
or gone Home
all trying to put war to rest
I blue-grey gnatcatcher
perched silent
while Memorial Day parade
passed by
mallard drake and hen
the mallard hen enjoyed a tall stretch in the sun
wood ducks
I watched this pair of wood ducks fly around me at the point where I stood. I missed the flight shots. By the time I got over the hill and stepped quietly around the willow trees they were already swimming away from the shoreline. The morning was quiet and the dust above the water caused a lot of sparkles in my lens and looked like silver motes in the photo.
doc ellen's journey 