Mallard and Ducklings

Swimming in a line

Mallard and her young ducklings

Watching and learning

Portrait of a Ring-Billed Gull

Standing by the shore

Portrait of a ring-billed gull

Lake Superior

Mother Nature's Treat

Naturally planted

Finding their place in the sun

Mother Nature's treat

Sailboats at rest

Sailboats at rest

Dusk comes to Lake Harriet

Graceful reflections

Definition of a Weed

 

Here's some food for thought

Definition of a weed

Perfectly placed plant

Seeding Salsify

Seeding salsify

Off with the wind the seeds go

Hoping for new start

Gray Catbird

Gray Catbird perched high

Announcing territory

Prolific singer

Silently Waiting

Silently waiting

Great Blue Heron by the shore

Little fish beware

Cardinal Defending its Nest

Get out of my tree!

Cardinal defending its nest

Squirrel on the run

Great Blue Heron Fishing

 

Hoping for a fish

Great blue heron takes a dive

Better luck next time!

Egret Surveying the Pond

Sun perched great egret

On a hot and humid day

Surveying the pond

Skittering Wood Ducks

 Skittering Wood Ducks

Quickly paddling away

Mama takes the rear

Scanning for Breakfast

 

Scanning for breakfast

An American Osprey

With eagle vision

Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

Red-spotted Purple

Or Limenitis arthemis 

Pretty butterfly

Ancient Survivor

 Fiddlehead fern blade

Ever gracefully reaching out 

Ancient survivor

Prehistoric creature

Coming from the pond 

A prehistoric creature

Large snapping turtle

Swimming in the Fog

Follow the leader

Canada Geese and goslings

Swimming in the fog