A Mallard hen leads ger her ducklings through the grass at the Fleetwood Park. Happy Mother’s Day ! 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: Waterfowl 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.  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...  Thousands of Snow Geese take off at one time from a farmer’s cornfield at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Klinefeltersville, PA on Sunday 2-20-2011. The geese typically take off in the morning and head out to the surrounding farm fields in search of plants to eat then they fly back into the safety...  Three Snow Geese fly in formation overhead at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Klinefeltersville, PA on Sunday 2-20-2011. The Pennsylvania Game Commission web site said on 2-17-2011 that because of temperatures in the mid to upper 60s on two days this week, the ice has begun to thaw on both the lake and...  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 Cygnet (baby swan) tries to out swim one of the large ornamental Koi fish in the pond at Spring Ridge Corporate Center. The Koi like to torment the young Swans each year but they don’t ever hurt them. The Cygnet is unsure of the Koi’s intentions at this point though. Better safe than sorry.... |
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