ducks gather
in the shade of the pine tree
summer slips away
© Xenia Tran
We wish you all a stellar Monday and a wonderful new week!
With love from Xenia xxx
Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.
Camera: Canon Powershot SX60 HS, Settings: f/6.3, 1/200 s, ISO 1600 and f/5.6, 1/250 s, ISO 1600.
Carpe Diem #1452: Cool (suzushi)
Rag Tag Daily Prompt #18: Stellar
Summer slips away? Not yet, not yet! What kind of ducks are those?
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No worries Laurie, the heat only slips away in the shade of the trees! These two are male mallard ducks and they were looking for a place to cool down away from the blazing sun over the loch :o) xxx
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Phew! You had me worried. 😉 Somehow, those ducks didn’t look like the mallards we have here. Both have green heads, though, so I should have known.
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Lovely photos 😊 I especially like the way you caught the second one – great pose 😁 xxx
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Thank you Cathy, they were a fun pair and seemed curious about Eivor and Pearl, who were standing right next to me 🙂💖🦆 xxx
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Great photos!
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Thank you Olga! 🙂
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Such beautiful colors and markings. They remind me of calico coats with all the colors. So pretty.
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Ha! I meant calico cats!
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Thank you so much for your kind words dear Lois 🙂💖🦆 xxx
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Xenia, I’m very impressed with the colour and detail of your duck photo. Just magnificent.
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Thank you so much for your kind words Tracy! 🙂🦆
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You’re welcome.
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Have you seen any ducklings yet? We have one family of five and one family of two little ones – although in just a couple of weeks time they are already adolescents. Glad the mallards found some respite from the heat.
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Thank you LuAnne, so lovely to hear you have ducklings! Sadly all the ducklings that hatched on the river were eaten by crows. We have not seen any ducklings on the loch yet and are keeping our
fingers crossed!💜 xxx
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