Thursday, May 3, 2012

Any port in a storm.

The past couple of days have been overcast and rainy.  Most mornings and evenings, there has been fog.

Today, there was a nasty storm that blew through.


And these 2 Wood Ducks showed up during the storm, clinging to a tree branch to wait it out.

I took this photo through a window which definitely needs to be cleaned.

These 2 were around last week eating seed from under a feeder.
Apparently Wood Ducks nest in holes in trees and their webbed feet have claws, unlike other ducks such as Muriel and Ralph, our resident Mallards.


 He's a handsome brute don't you think?  It looks like someone painted white lines on him.


But when his mate incubates the eggs, he takes off and is nowhere to be seen.

Typical.

3 comments:

  1. They are sure a handsome pair of birds...

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  2. HA! Laughed out loud at your last line.
    He is ridiculously pretty. Brad Pitt ain't got nothing on him.

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