Not my images ~ but these were all here this morning. The pied-billed grebes and the wood ducks will nest here; the ring-necked ducks and bufflehead are headed further north. I love bufflehead; they look like little buoys bobbing in the water.
How beautiful. We had a couple of mallards stop in a puddle at the back of the yard about a week or so ago, but I usually don't get to see much waterfowl unless I'm in town driving by the lagoon there.
Gannets are enormous and sleek creamy-white seabirds, with black wingtips, yellow heads and necks, and startlingly outlined eyes. They nest on the rocky cliffs of the European and North American coasts of the North Atlantic and, once grown, spend their days sailing across the ocean. The acrobatics by which they make their living ~ steep climbs into the air and speedy plunges straight into the sea ~ are rivaled only by those of pelicans.
What better metaphor for a sweeping search of one's life choices and opportunities than a gannet extended above the waves, a regal and yet restless surveyor of the vast ocean surface? The gannet reminds us that life is an adventure in both beauty and profound unease, and that the sea itself is limitless in its textures and possibilities.
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How beautiful. We had a couple of mallards stop in a puddle at the back of the yard about a week or so ago, but I usually don't get to see much waterfowl unless I'm in town driving by the lagoon there.
I think God must have had a fun day when He was making ducks. To me, they're like chimpanzees on water.
Great photos.
good for you! love them all, but Buffleheads are highly favored in my opinion.
Very cool!
Very nice. Happy spring!
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