These goslings on Snow Pond in Oakland, stayed safe between their parents as they swam across the pond. (Photo by Jane Naliboff of Vienna) "I was able to get this Blue Jay trying to pick up this avocado pit and fly away with it. He did keep dropping it. Swallowing it might be a problem!" (Photo by Jim Knox of Wilton)This female mallard looked like she was in a yoga pose. (Photo by Jane Naliboff of Vienna)Not sure how old they are, but two babies in a phoebe nest. Taken in Dixfield. (Photo by Nancy Townsend Johnson)"I have very much enjoyed the local photographers sharing their nature pictures on the Bulldog recently and given all the rain we’ve endured, I have been able to snap some beautiful photos of our flower gardens. The rain, after all, is good for the plants if nothing else!" (Photo by Jaime Ranger of Farmington)A horse in West Mt. Vernon seemed to be jumping for joy while playing with friends in this sunny pasture. (Photo by Jane Naliboff of Vienna)
Catching that yoga pose must have taken hours. It sure makes us realize what we learn from animals!
Beautiful pictures! Thanks to everyone for sharing.
Someone correct me if I am wrong but isn’t that female mallard, a black duck. I thought the mallard had white bands over/under the blue mark. Its a cool picture either way.
Thank each of you for lettiing us see Maine floea and fauna. Isn’t the female mallarrd rather drab like this duck? The male is hhandsome.
Trapper,
It’s actually the black duck that has white bands under the blue marking, and the female mallard does not.
Glad you thought the photo was cool. Thank you.
Jane,
I wasn’t sure before, I was just going on my memory that the female mallard had the white bands. I have researched it and according to each site I looked at said the mallard had the white bands. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/mallard/id
Beautiful photos! One of my favorite posts is the sharing of all the photos.
I would have to agree with Trapper, that is a Black Duck.
Trapper,
I stand corrected. I have photos of female mallards who do in fact have white bands. Yoga duck is also darker than the female mallard. Thanks for researching it. The site I looked on said it was the mallard, but you can’t believe everything you read.
Beautiful pictures love the horse one!
Ducks assume that pose to clean their chests and oil their feathers after bathing. My Muscovies do it every day, but generally on dry ground after they get out of the water.
Catching that yoga pose must have taken hours. It sure makes us realize what we learn from animals!
Beautiful pictures! Thanks to everyone for sharing.
Someone correct me if I am wrong but isn’t that female mallard, a black duck. I thought the mallard had white bands over/under the blue mark. Its a cool picture either way.
Thank each of you for lettiing us see Maine floea and fauna. Isn’t the female mallarrd rather drab like this duck? The male is hhandsome.
Trapper,
It’s actually the black duck that has white bands under the blue marking, and the female mallard does not.
Glad you thought the photo was cool. Thank you.
Jane,
I wasn’t sure before, I was just going on my memory that the female mallard had the white bands. I have researched it and according to each site I looked at said the mallard had the white bands. http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/mallard/id
Beautiful photos! One of my favorite posts is the sharing of all the photos.
I would have to agree with Trapper, that is a Black Duck.
Trapper,
I stand corrected. I have photos of female mallards who do in fact have white bands. Yoga duck is also darker than the female mallard. Thanks for researching it. The site I looked on said it was the mallard, but you can’t believe everything you read.
Beautiful pictures love the horse one!
Ducks assume that pose to clean their chests and oil their feathers after bathing. My Muscovies do it every day, but generally on dry ground after they get out of the water.