Around the Pond & Boo
Boo.. in search of a lizard to watch.
one of the very hot evenings produced this "sunset" on the pond..
"Woody" the resident Wood Stork came back for a visit..
...he's still not "pretty"! But he does let me take good pictures of him.
I thought this was interesting... when Woody is feeding in the pond, what he does is: takes one step, then lifts and resets the foot down a few times to stir things up on the bottom... then he lifts one wing so he can block the sun from reflecting and he can see.. then he reaches in and gets his snack!
This last picture is blurry .. the baby Moorhen was close by and dashing about I thought I had it focused but then the camera focused on the plant it was under.. ah well.. but it does show something I wanted you to see!.. the unusual big feet the bird has! I've been trying to get a picture of Mama Moorhen on the paved path so you can see her green legs and big feet but so far I haven't had any luck.. eventually I'll get one!
posted by DesLily | 7:52 AM
8 Comments:
That Wood Stork is pretty clever when it comes right down to it and I cannot believee the feet that baby moorhen has! And I love photos of sunsets. Thanks for sharing yours.
cjh
I am just amazed at the wonderful unusual birds that come to the Pond...Unusual to me because I've never seen them here....But obviously this os their natural Habitat....Those feet are uncreduble....! I love all the pictures Pat.
cj: got good shots of the feet today so you will really see them clearly next time.
Naomi.. as I do all of yours with your hummers and hawks and ladies that do lunch!! (quite a mix eh? haha)
You have such cool birds over there!! I swear, I'll never get tired of these posts :p I really like that woodstork. There's just something about it that is SO cool. And those feet! Look at those feet!
That's pretty impressive that you can get so close to take those pictures! What an interesting variety of birds :-)
*Very* pretty sunset, Pat! Unusual colours...
hi Cath: pink skies at night... sailors delight.. pink skies in morning...sailor take warning.. but it thunderstorms every afternoon here anyway! sheesh
Wonderful pics!!! And it sure beats gunshots and drive by's! ;)
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