Category: wildlife

Things Are Just Ducky #13 Finding Family.

Color Photography, wildlife
Hello Friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Naptime At The Lake 52620” and is available for purchase by the instructions at the bottom of the article.

George settled down in the grass and allowed warm morning sun to gently caress his body. It was good to be part of a community again. George valued his solitude but he also craved companionship and the feeling of belonging. The flock provided all that and more. It was common for the members to check up on each other. Or warn the others if a hawk was spotted. When out foraging a call was made when a plentiful food source was found and nobody went hungry. Every day the flock held a waterborne parade by the campground and the campers would show their appreciation by tossing food into water. George felt like a star when they did that. What’s even better was that the flock fully accepted George the moment he got there. He simply landed on the lake next to them and they each greeted him with the words “Welcome Home” as was the flock’s tradition when accepting new members. The more George thought about it the more he realized that a community was really a type of family. That meant that “neighborhood” wasn’t a place but an attribute of belonging like “brotherhood”. George gave a sigh of contentment as he lay in the grass with his flock and drifted into the dreamworld in the mid morning sun.

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The Herons Are Here

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Hello Friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Green Heron 62020” and is available for purchase by the instructions at the bottom of the article.

The sun fills the duckweed laden pond in late afternoon. The hunter stands motionless on the end of the ‘ll submerged log. From below he looks just like an odd branch or root. Nothing seems to break his concentration. Not even the big blue truck parked on the wrong side of the road several yards away. His body is motionless but his eyes miss nothing. The frogs can only stay under for so long. His joints are locked and he can stand like this for a very long time. All it takes is dedication to his goal.

If you’ve ever heard the grunting call of a green heron in the middle of nowhere you’d swear it was a sasquatch. In fact I’ve seen a few videos on YouTube and even some “documentaries” on T.V. that claim the sound that captured could have not have been “any known creature” when in fact it’s a green heron’s mating call that’s been slowed down and amplified. The great blue herons are even louder and harsher.

The green heron is one of three species of herons that I’m aware of and encountered in my little slice of Appalachia. The others being the aforementioned great blue herons and the American Bittern which I have only encountered once in my life and the picture didn’t turn out well. All three are water birds and all hunt the shallow waters by either waiting in ambush as the green heron in tonight’s feature image is doing or by slowly wading along the edge as the great blue heron in the photo on the right.

A Great Blue Heron stalking the lower Gauley River.

These birds move with such grace and calm demeanor that watching them is almost a spiritual experience.

I continued to watch the green heron on the pond hoping to capture the moment he seized his prey but the single lane road was needed by others and even though I was mostly off the road safety became a concern. But now that I know where he hangs out there’s hope for more shots of this amazing bird.

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Best Buds

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Hello Friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Daisy Fleabane 62020a” and is available for purchase by the instructions at the bottom of the article.

The two little flowers smile joyfully in the morning sun. They tell each other secrets overhead from the busy honeybees as they groom the flower bed. As the day progresses the wind helps them to dance and express their happiness. They’ve been together their whole life. They are “best buds”.

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Deptford Pinks

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Hello Friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Deptford Pink 62020a” and is available for purchase by the instructions at the bottom of the article.

Shining in the grass like little pink stars the tiny Deptford Pinks humbly grace the edge of the gravel road. Wondrous little things that they are they’re always ready to lend their beauty to the shady edges. They’re attitude is that of playfulness on a warm summer day. As the day of Independence draws near the spectacle of light in sky lasts only a few nights but the lights in grass will be with us for months.

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A Call To Summer

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Hello Friends! Tonight’s feature image is titled “Black-eyed Susan 62020a” and is available for purchase by the instructions at the bottom of the article.

Shadows slowly creep down the mountains in the cool of the evening. The big blue truck coasts to a halt. The solstice wouldn’t be for another 24 hours but the natural calendar doesn’t care for such restraints. Already a few Black-eyed Susans have sprung to life to share their sunny smiles. With golden manes in full display each one presents itself proudly to the like colored orb which wakes them from their slumber. The season of fire and fun has begun. Long days of swimming in the lake and wading in the shade of the creeks and rivers. They call us to roast weenies and marshmallows over a campfire and listen to the tales of the one that got away. Summer has begun. Grab ahold with both hands and treasure every moment for all too soon the chill in the wind will strip away the lush green and fill the world with amber.

Image Titled “Black-eyed Susan 62020b”

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