shootingstar Posted October 24, 2018 Share #1 Posted October 24, 2018 After a somewhat long workday, I treated myself this early evening with dearie ...by biking to a local park with wild birds and other critters by ponds, creeks. In the dimming golden autumn light, we saw a teenage muskrat cruising around in the water,, chickadees, several ducks and a bird which I have to check online. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted October 24, 2018 Share #2 Posted October 24, 2018 Did you get any birds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted October 24, 2018 Share #3 Posted October 24, 2018 Be careful. It is close to Halloween. Let us know how it turns out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Longjohn said: Did you get any birds? I was in a bird park sanctuary. It is actually a federally designated wild bird park. It offers birding courses, tours for school children are quite common. One of the ducks I saw was a wood duck. This is the male. They are common in this park. I haven't yet seen the harlequin duck is is another block-coloured flashy looking duck. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted October 24, 2018 Share #5 Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, shootingstar said: I was in a bird park sanctuary. It is actually a federally designated wild bird park. It offers birding courses, tours for school children are quite common. One of the ducks I saw was a wood duck. This is the male. They are common in this park. I haven't yet seen the harlequin duck is is another block-coloured flashy looking duck. My father in law had one of those on his desk. His was made of real wood. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted October 24, 2018 Share #6 Posted October 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Tizeye said: Be careful. It is close to Halloween. Let us know how it turns out. Tippi, Yay. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted October 24, 2018 Share #7 Posted October 24, 2018 Just like the lark ascending SS you left your everyday cares behind and soared above it all on wings of velo. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share #8 Posted October 25, 2018 This is the female wood duck. I do stress, we don't have a pair of binocaulars nor have we got any digital zoom-lens DSLR. Just a pocket digital camera and ...trying to get my hands holding camera, not to shake as I zoom in as much as I can with my pocket camera. I don't have any interest in birding much. It just so happens this wildlife park /sanctuary....seems to reward one easily with at least 1-2 critter sitings per visit. That makes simpletons like me, happy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedalphile Posted October 25, 2018 Share #9 Posted October 25, 2018 Wood duck, eh? These will nest in trees I expect, giving their jung a great safe crib for their first few weeks of life, but then, he!! they has to leap in a non fly-ey way to the ground and trot after mom to some water - what a crazy start in life, what? Beats me, but it seems to work for them ok. I’m not much of a birder either, a side line only, I watch the Sheffield peregrines mostly, I have olde style big binocula, which are a bit of a drag to lug around, but this week I found a pair of minis, 10 x 25, cheap in a charity shoppe, they are the thing, easy to have in the pannier for any chance need. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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