Friday

Raymond J Barlow · Jan 30, 2006

snaped a few on Friday and didn't have time to edit them.. here we go!

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Thanks for looking!

AIRIC · Jan 30, 2006

Hey, that looks like a Hairy woodpecker. Don't have one of those, just Downys. Don't know what the duck is, never seen one that looks like that.

Great work and I was the Falls Pond was closer.

Eric

AIRIC · Jan 30, 2006

Hey, I chased the Duck down, it is a Northern Pintail Male.

Eric

Raymond J Barlow · Jan 30, 2006

thanks Airic, ya, it is a Hairy, and the duck is a Pintail. That is one big Gull too.. I didn't know there was such a think as a Black Back Gull.

Raymond J Barlow · Jan 30, 2006

AIRIC said:
Hey, I chased the Duck down, it is a Northern Pintail Male.

Eric

LOL.. you must be fast, coz that duck was a movin!!

WildBill · Jan 30, 2006

Another outstanding series Ray! I never get tired of your work.

Bill

AIRIC · Jan 30, 2006

Raymond J Barlow said:
LOL.. you must be fast, coz that duck was a movin!!

woodsac · Jan 30, 2006

Really impressed with how sharp every duck in #3 is!

And that guy in #6 just looks kinda stupified from the ice

LaFoto · Jan 31, 2006

Is there a difference between woodpecker and woodpecker?
Hairy one? Downy one?
What kind of woodpecker did I see from afar then (remember my pic at http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40344?)?

That one beautiful duck (Photo 5) among all the mallards who seem to stare and wonder who she is and why she is there ... you could write a fairy tale about that one, and how she got frustrated with being so different, so she walked off and eventually even flew off to new grounds where she'd be more accepted :sniff: - awww, I am all touched by these photos and my own imagination :cry:

puzzle · Jan 31, 2006

Raymond J Barlow said:
thanks Airic, ya, it is a Hairy, and the duck is a Pintail. That is one big Gull too.. I didn't know there was such a think as a Black Back Gull.

Ray, you may have different gulls over there, but here we have the Lesser Black-backed gull and the Great Black-backed gull. My coastal ecology tutor used to call them Great Black-backed bastards (which as a teenager I thought was hilarious :lmao: ) because they were so vicious, and I remember them being enormous, monstrous birds. They are not as common as the Lesser BB gull though.

More great pictures anyway - I like #1, 2 and 3 - man, that's a lot of ducks!

Arch · Jan 31, 2006

Great series again raymond, really like 1,4 and 10 as individual shots, but my fav here has to be 3 i think. Just amazing amount of ducks, i'v spent ages looking at all the different positions they're in. Nice one :thumbup:

Aoide · Jan 31, 2006

1, 2 and 3 are my favorites, although as I was scrolling down I was thinking "and that one, and that one....". They are all great. The thing I love about number three is the pops of color from the feet and heads.

Canoncan · Jan 31, 2006

Nice work Ray.

Raymond J Barlow · Jan 31, 2006

Thanks everyone! always fun hanging around a duck pond.

Aoide said:
1, 2 and 3 are my favorites, although as I was scrolling down I was thinking "and that one, and that one....". They are all great. The thing I love about number three is the pops of color from the feet and heads.

Thanks Aoide.. In 3 I think the shadows are cool, and the one lone duck sitting on the ice, what is she thinking ???