Silently Fising

Silently fishing

With a quick plunge of the beak

It's fish for breakfast

Mallard and Ducklings

 Mallard excursion

With her ducklings close behind

Learning so quickly

Fishing without a license

Pair of cormorants

Fishing without a license

Impressive divers

Disc golf buddies

Four disc golf buddies

Tossing discs to the basket

Having outdoor fun  

Abundant Beauty

 Abundant beauty

Bleeding hearts lined on their steam

Gone by the summer

Defensive Parent

Defending its child

Hissing at all that pass by

We get the message!

Couple in the Park

Couple sitting still

Watching a line of geese swim

Evening together

Maple Tree Loaded with Seeds

With hopes for new life 

Maple tree loaded with seeds

Increasing the odds

Emerging Redbud Leaves

Pink changes to green

Redbud leaves are emerging

Spring going to summer

Tree celebration

Party confetti

Abundant springtime blossoms 

Tree celebration

Mallard Couple on a Log

 Resting quietly

Mallard couple on a log

Beginning the day

Hoping for Propagation

Aspiring red seeds

Hoping for propagation

Beautiful nature

Dusk on the water

Dusk on the pond

Canada Geese quietly

Preparing to sleep

Solitary Silhouette

Morning silhouette

Solitary by the shore

A Great Blue Heron

 

Fleeting moment of spring

 Refections on spring

Blossoming crabapple tree

A fleeting moment

Mister and Missus Mallard

Mister and Missus

Swimming calmly together

Mallards paired for life

Territorial Black Bird

Territorial

Black bird chases Bald Eagle

Dumb or courageous?

Mallard and ducklings

Mallard and ducklings

Swimming in the morning sun

Gently making waves

 

Lone Gosling

                                      From six down to one

Lone gosling with its parents

Harsh reality

Emerging Fiddlehead Fern

After a fire

Emerging fiddlehead fern

Can't hold nature down

Dramatic change of season

 Brilliant start of spring

Dramatic change of season

Colorful import

Bursting forth with JOY!

 

Thousands of blossoms

adorning the crabapple

bursting forth with JOY!

Bursting with new life

 Bursting with new life

Trees out of hibernation

New season begins

Spring colors

 Brilliant spring colors

Rhododendrom blossoming

Welcome new season!