A Mallard hen watches three of her ducklings bob for water plants in the pond at the Fleetwood Park. Shot with a Nikon SB900 flash in TTL mode mounted on camera with a Gary Fong Universal Lightsphere with 1/2 cloud dome diffuser.
Tag Archives: Fleetwood-Park A Mallard hen guides her new ducklings uphill from the creek to the pond at the Fleetwood Park. I spotted three hens today all with similarly sized families of ducklings. I went to check on the breeding pair of Mute Swans at Spring Ridge and apparently they did not breed this year. I wonder if...  While photographing Mallard Ducks at the Fleetwood Park Pond today, I saw a shadow fly overhead and when I looked up, this Turkey Vulture was circling. He made about a dozen circuits overhead before he was convinced that I was not yet dead and then he headed on down the length of the park following...  I spent some time today with my Mallard friends at the Fleetwood Park pond. I needed to work on my flight shots with the new D7000 and try and get my settings and timing all working. The Mallards are always willing subjects. I counted 54 of them at the park today but no sign of...  A Mallard Drake gives me a nice profile opportunity at the Fleetwood Park pond back on 1-24-2009. If you need a good laugh and love animals, check out this video on YouTube.  Canada Goose Gosling at Fleetwood Park back on 5-20-2009. We usually have a few Canada Geese at the park but they are normally transient so when I saw that a mating pair had chosen to raise their Goslings at the park, it was a real treat. For more information about Canada Geese, visit this page...  A Mallard Drake arrives back at the Fleetwood pond after some vigorous in-flight pursuits of a Mallard Hen. Sadly, he did not get his girl. We had some nice soft, golden late afternoon light back on 4/30/2010 when I shot this. |
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