Time again for FRIDAY’S HUNT and WEEKEND REFLECTIONS. This week we are looking for the letter P, your favourite and Whole.
All the images and video were taken at WWT Castle Espie and below I
start with WHOLE. This Hooded Meganser
had a WHOLE fir cone/nut in its beak and it was trying to manoeuver it so it
could swallow it and thankfully did not succeed otherwise I feel it would have
choked.
Sir
PETER Scott founded the Wildfowl Trust in 1946.
Now I could have dozens of images for P from Castle
Espie but I will show you a few and then in the video I will show you the White
faced Whistling ducks bathing and then PREENING,
followed by the Ross’s Snow Geese and then the Red –breasted Geese also PREENING. The PLUMAGE in these birds is PARTICULARLY
PRETTY. Then there is the PINTAIL duck below.
There
are PLENTY of REFLECTIONS in the
water and upstairs in a room in the centre I PHOTOGRAPHED from this PICTURE window and you will see a large
PINE tree on the left, PAMPAS grass on the right and 2 PONDS where the wildfowl
are living. In the last image a little later on,
in the same room w I was attending a PHOTOGRAPHY
class. My FAVOURITE is the video at the end of this post. CLICK HERE if it does not appear below.
Listen
carefully and you will hear the White faced Whistling ducks, whistling.
Many
thanks for your visit and tomorrow there are more surprises from Castle Espie.
Many
thanks or all the comments you leave on this post.
Good morning ... so beautiful ... thank you.
ReplyDeleteLove those ponds.
ReplyDeleteI love the White-faced Whistling Duck, such a beauty.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ducks and merganser. I did hear the whistling in the video. It seems so odd, coming from a duck. I'm much more accustomed to hearing the quacking variety. To me, they always sound like they're laughing.
ReplyDeletethe video was great, they sure are a noisy bunch!! and all that preening, i always wonder what's up with that??!!
ReplyDeleteThe pintail is such an elegant duck indeed
ReplyDeleteThe video is my favorite too. I have never seen a duck preen so energetically!
ReplyDeleteI love the little goose.... Nice ducks. I think Sir Peter would approve.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos of the ducks in the water.
ReplyDeleteGreat scenes.I sure am glad that duck didn't get to swallow such a large item.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ginny, that duck could've set a speed record or something!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the post, thanks for sharing :o)
Great post on the theme Margaret.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful scenes.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful feathered friends.
ReplyDeleteNice shots! I also enjoyed the video even though my speaker wasn't working. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe clouds are heavy I see. I'm glad the duck didn't choke!
ReplyDeleteit is soothing to see these pictures
ReplyDeleteAva
In this home, we just love ducks and waterfowl, and these beauties swimming in the water are perfect. The preening and bathing avians are beautiful in their preferred habitat!
ReplyDeleteI rarely see ducks in person so watching your video was a treat. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteGreat shots as usual...love the ducks and the mini movie! And I have never heard a whistling duck...very neat!
ReplyDeleteThe birds are beautiful! It does look like it's a good thing that first fellow didn't swallow the pine cone. The water scenes are really nice too. Looks like a beautiful place to visit. Sorry I'm so late to get around visiting this week. I do appreciate your participation!
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