Rubber Duckies

1/320 sec. f/8 ISO 500

Mallards

Stop And Smell The Dandelion?

1/800 sec. f/8 ISO 400

Mallard Ducklings

Look Ma, I'm A Catamaran!

1/2000 sec. f/8 ISO 500

Bottoms Up

1/1250 sec. f/8 ISO 1250

Slight Of Foot

1/640 sec. f/8 ISO 200

The foot belongs to the male Mallard.

Keeping Watch

1/500 sec. f/8 ISO 200

Merganser Fishing

I was extremely fortunate to photograph this female Hooded Merganser as she was fishing. Normally, mergansers won't let me anywhere near them and it was the first time I had seen one by itself. They typically stay in small flocks. Unlike the Pied-billed Grebe I photographed recently, this merganser didn't spend time playing with her food. She dove, caught it, and swallowed it in fairly short order. Who says girls can't fish as well as the guys?

1/640 sec. f/7.1 ISO 200

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Stumped II

1/320 sec. f/7.1 ISO 200

1/200 sec. f/10 ISO 320

1/400 sec. f/8 ISO 320

1/250 sec. f/10 ISO 250

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There's Always One

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Mallard Fuzzies

These mallard ducklings were on a lake not from from my home. The way the little ones took turns popping up looked like the duck version of Whack-A-Mole. This was the first and last time I saw them. Fortunately, I took some photos while I had the opportunity.

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Duck Fight

While photographing herons one day, I noticed some commotion on the bank and saw these fellas huddled up. It turned out they weren't talking sports or downing some cold ones. They were engaged in a bit of a duck scuffle. A little squabbling amongst the males of the species.

And what, you may ask, was the source of the tension? Why, the female of the species. Miss Thing. She was just sitting there acting innocent as if nothing was going on. The boys later continued their squabble out on the lake with Miss Thing swimming behind them apparently waiting for one of them to be declared the victor.

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Crazy Pekin

That Pekin, he's so crazy!

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