Spring

I took off today, to recuperate from Easter.  To clarify that, we have a fabulous time with friends and family, but I did need to clean up, and we had a repairman come to fix the washer.  The best part, besides spending time with Deb, and watching Lady Hawk with C, Lauren and Kayla was taking in the perfect Spring Day.


It's not surprising I ended up near the water, and though I didn't have my tripod, I took some really long shots.  Long shots as in both distance and odds of capturing anything crisp enough to post.  The truth is that I could not tell what kind of birds they were from my vantage point for the most part.  The Mallards, and the white one were close, but the rest were not.

 Fairly sure this guy is a Double Crested Cormorant.

Going with Loon, but not positive, this was a really long way off and not as sharp as I'd like.

Not really good with my trees, but I liked these small flowers.












New shoots.















The next couple are Honeysuckle blossoms.  I wish you cold smell these, it was wonderful.

This guy must have had an itch.  Aren't you glad you have arms?

 This has me concerned.  The male Mallard has a string hanging from his bill.  Wondering if it's fishing line.  It was there the whole time I was watching him.

 Need to ID this guy too!

 

 You saw this guy earlier, he was swimming with the Mallards, still looking to ID him.

 Another view

And lastly, another that I haven't figured out yet!