Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Wild Bird Wednesday - Just Ducks


Waiting for the dog to catch up to my car, I always check out our 
dam in the park
all summer there was hardly a bird on it
imagine my surprise at seeing unusual ducks on this occasion

in fact, two lifers for me, at least the first time I stopped to 
identify a Grey Teal (left) and a Hardhead behind 


the Grey Teal is quite a small duck with a distinctively
pale chin and neck


a pretty little thing, I hope they come again


Linking with 


with thanks to Stewart for hosting this meme

31 comments:

  1. Handsome fellows they are indeed! Lovely captures for the day, Arija, as always! Hope your week is going well!!

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  2. Hi Arija Yes both duck are very handsome and I hope you are able to see them again.

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  3. Arija, congrats on your lifers. They are pretty ducks! Enjoy the rest of your week!

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  4. There is nothing 'just' about ducks. I love them - and yes I hope they come back to enrich your days (and dam) again.

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  5. Good thing you not only saw these birds but also got good pictures.

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  6. Hello there - nice ducks - Hardhead is a funny name!

    Some how the link on WBW was pointing at your last post - about big birds - I have edited it to make it point at this post - that made sense given the picture of the duck!

    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

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  7. How exciting! And pretty, too :-)

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  8. Beautiful ducks. I hope you'll see them again.

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  9. I can not wait to be able to get outside again and take pictures of birds and water life. Frozen tundra right now. Only birds I see are at the feeders, Did see that we have a lot of Swans though........Janice

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  10. two lifers , two beauties! I hope they come again. I just recently started to try to learn ducks. I don't think we have these two over here tho.

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  11. A couple of lovely ducks! Congratulations on sighting them.

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  12. Just ducky(s)! And your grandson-in-law is a rockstar! Sending you buckets of hugs. xoxo

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  13. That gray teal is so pretty- I love watching ducks.
    Hope you are doing well, Arija.

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  14. Gosh - I've been called a "hardhead" - I had no idea there was a duck by that name. Hope your weekend is going well, Arija.

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  15. Nearly missed this, have been working past 2 days out in yard from the 6 lost and downed trees from a month ago...such hard work, but gratifiying too. Those Ducks are just too adorable. I have been learning about Ducks and other interesting water birds, which I will be sharing soon, they are such great looking creatures and they swim...sigh, I am terrified of the water. Hugs

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  16. Pretty ducks. Exciting to get two lifers at once!

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  17. It was nice catching up with you! We wait for Spring. The Robins has arrived and the chipmunks have come out of hiding and have noticed several have perished from the cold. There is promise of + temps next week! Fingers crossed.

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  18. It's always so exciting when you find a bird you haven't seen before. I have tried going out searching for anything to photograph around here, but things are still frozen. The promise of warmer days ahead, and I'll try again. Take care Arija. I'm doing fine. New chicks coming soon, so I'll be busy.

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  19. Hi Arija, it has been a bit since your last post here, just wanted to stop by and check in on you. Loving you~ Hugs

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  20. Beautiful ducks! I love it when I see a bird I haven't seen before. I found ducks like that earlier in the week.

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  21. Gorgeous images, Arija! Lovely looking ducks.

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  22. The colour of the water makes for such great photos!

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  23. I'm glad you had your camera with you on your walk! Pretty ducks.

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  24. lovely to see the birds that you find
    more ducks are showing up here, slowly spring appears ~

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  25. Ooooh, a hardhead, I like that. That would be me. Hehehhe. Dearest Arija, I hope you are well. Tsup!

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