A wee bit late with this one. It’s a kooky mix of snoozing ducks, weird shots of random objects and pigeons.
Great Blue Heron near the fish ladder, for obvious reasons.
A seagull flying over a gray sky.
A rare shot of a dragonfly in flight.
A ruffled Ring-billed Gull looking back.
A cricket. Or grasshopper?
A Long-billed Dowitcher foraging in the shallows.
Size comparison between Mallard and Long-billed Dowitcher.
Yellow flower.
No Fishing.
Close-up of lily pads, converted to black and white.
I'm pretty sure this is a muskrat. Definitely not Nessie.
Still Creek, looking somewhat less still.
Mallard snoozing on a stump.
Female Wood Duck snoozing.
Female Wood Duck Xtreme snoozing.
Male Wood Duck still looking dapper.
Male Wood Duck balancing.
This orange mallard is likely a hybrid, as mallards will get into shenanigans with many other ducks.
Pigeons opposed.
Rock Pigeons on a railing.
A young Rock Pigeon up close.
A Canada Goose going through Xtreme molting.
White-crowned Sparrow.
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