Sunday, February 17, 2013

duck formation...


...up in the sky



yes - yes, it is... ducks - not birds - not geese...




ducks, my friends! how often do we see this, i ask...




typically, it is geese in formation - i see flying through the air - circling around my little lake - looking to land... or perhaps pigeons - maybe starlings... but ducks? so rare to see them coming in, in a group, let alone couples! - usually i tend to see them straggling in one-by-one - on their own - as if they're oh, so independent...


  so it was that i was doing a 2-step, quick dance in the snow - watching them high in the blue sky - their bodies appearing almost white through my lens...


so then i questioned - but they circled twice - i caught them the entire way - holding my breath - then letting it out in tiny exclamations of joy... as they landed 2-footed in the snow on the lake -





what unusual rareness - catching ducks in flight, then making their tour of landing prowess - what joy...


happy day.....

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