April/May Ducks & Geese

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Ringnecks...



Nesting Northern Shovellers with a Merganser border.







Some Geese..






Pretty sure this Wood duck box is in use.
Drake patientl awaiting some "new arrivals" maybe?
We have two boxes here that we are putting out close to the house on the brook.
Hopefully they will attract a few.



Blue Winged Teal in siesta mode..

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Been working on shooting from the Zodiac.
Getting a bit better but its tough.
These guys don't stick around but I think I have the proper approach that works on them figured out.
Now if our Zodiac was back in commission I'd be all set for more.
Parts "should" arrive today ;D
Middle of nowhere is OK sometimes just not for Volvo parts

I watched one this evening surface with an Urchin,a gull attacked it in an attempt to nick it.
It swallowed it whole!!

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One Eider drake swallowing an Urchin whole...
Wierd light just around sunset...played with some in camera settings just after this and quite pleased with results.
Haven't done much with that before but removed the color tinge seen below.

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Got babies ;D

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Got cut short at the Marsh today...batteries DIED.
Not a tap left in em and sent me into a bit of a panic as I had fired and my shutter was still open and LED still on.
Removed batteries and shutter closed and all seems fine
Managed a couple beforehand though.
Needed a new screensaver so did some cropping as well.
Missed the proper wing shot on the Teal only got the one of him.

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Got babies ;D