A Friday afternoon walk along Philadelphia's Wissahickon River provided great opportunities for
Wood Duck photography.
The Wood Ducks were also a case study in birdwatching irony - at home in my Vermont neighborhoods where wild beaver ponds and wetlands provide nesting habitat, it would require exceptional effort and good luck to get photographs like these. On the other hand, an urban park within the city limits of Philadelphia provides daily opportunities to stand in awe of these beautiful birds.
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| Wood Duck |
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| Wood Duck |
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| Wood Duck |
Sunday at Heinz NWR (in the shadow of Philadelphia airport), waterfowl still populated the lake, including several Greater Scaup (no photos), while Yellow-rumped Warblers,
Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Eastern Phoebes, and many sparrows worked the trees, understory, and weedy edges ...
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| Northern Shoveler |
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| Eastern Phoebe |
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| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
Good Birding!
3 comments:
Great photos Chris. Impressive Kinglet shot - they don't like to sit still :)
Bonjour Chris,
belle série de photos!
Il se trouve que j'ai récemment posté un article sur Aix Sponsa, voir ici:
http://lesoiseauxdu27.blogspot.fr/2012/11/le-canard-carolin-aix-sponsa.html
Wow! Great opportunity for Wood Duck photographs is an understatement! I like your GK Kinglet shot too. They always seem to move just as I click the shutter. Happy Thanksgiving Chris!
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