the wearing of the Green

Happy St. Patrick's Day! 

Some folk are "wearing the green" every day!

picnic Lunch

flotilla on the Creek

Late afternoon, Rapid Creek, February 24, flotilla of American wigeons and mallard friend riding the current downstream. Wigeons are one of my favorite waterfowl, they are handsome creatures and have the oddest "quack". They don't sound like ducks, they sound like some dog's squeaky toy. You know the one that your dog loves to just squeak incessantly till you are ready to go bonkers?

two fer Tuesday

The way this pair had composed themselves to soak up the last warming rays of the afternoon sun caught my eye. Mallards are common winter residents here, accidental fine art sculptures some days, noisy panhandlers on others.

going with the Flow

Common mergansers just going with the flow of Rapid Creek.

a curious Question

Why do they always say "like water off a duck's back" ? It looks like "water off a duck's belly" would work just as well to me.

camoDuck

Does camoDuck think she is hiding in the snow? I think she'd better ditch the Sunkist orange accessories if she is going to pull off the ruse.

don't you wish you Had....

cool orange tootsies like that ??? 

out to Lunch

Lord and Lady Mallard lunching at the Savoy, or is it the Ritz?

#6 Green

emerald, iridescent, elegant

Anatidaephobia...

........the fear that somehow, somewhere, a duck is watching you....

word origin, The Far Side, Gary Larson