Saturday, June 13, 2009

Camera Critters # 62

Camera Critters by Misty Dawn, go here to see who's participating.

A would like to share some photos of the Mallard Ducks and the ducklings on the little Fish Creek.
The mother does a good job of protecting the little ones.
The ducklings are a neat pair that I have followed a few times to get photos.
They are hard to find as they move through the water.

Try to visit some others critter sites, they are neat.

29 comments:

Lanny said...

Your Missus Mallard is a sweet looking gal and her little fuzzy tots a delight to see for sure!

Thanks for sharing once again!

Carletta said...

Moms and babies - precious!
I know what you men about following. I tried to follow one this week with a whole trail of little ones behind her but they were so fast I had to give us and settle for a long distance shot :)

My post is here: Carletta’s Captures.

i beati said...

first rate and first mate sandy

Snap said...

There is just nothing like watching Momma duck and babies. Thanks so much!

Marie Reed said...

Beautiful duck pictures and Bily Ray Cyrus! It doesn't get better than this!

Michele said...

Oh yeh, the little ones are so sweet and I've seen some up on the creeks here but by time I get out there, they have disappeared. They are being rather shy this year.
I haven't been out as much as I would like to have snapping photos of the little ones, next year I hope to be out in full force!

Terrific pictures.

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Hey Tom, Love the photos of your mallards and their ducklings. TOO cute.

Hope you are having a great weekend.
Betsy

said...

She is definitely in charge of those babies!

Adrienne Zwart said...

Great series of photos! There's just something so endearing about watching a mama duck with her ducklings. Thanks for sharing with us!

Unknown said...

I like shots of the family!

Julie said...

I love the way the water looks in these shots. Nice photo's

Anonymous said...

Sensational shots, Tom! I so wish I could pat one, they're so adorable!

Susan at Stony River said...

Oh, how sweet! I love these shots; whatta mama.

Jeannette StG said...

I've often seen your comments on Joan's blog -awesome lakes in the post below -but I can't see more right now -I'm supposed to be packing (I'm moving) LOL

Tipper said...

Sweet ducks! I thought of you this week-I was going down a little 2 lane road and there right in the middle of it were 2 mallard ducks. No water nearby-so who knows what they were doing-but it made me think of you.

Ruth's Photo Blog said...

Those babies are adorable.
Blessings,Ruth

SAPhotographs (Joan) said...

How cute the babies are Tom. They get big so quickly but I guess they need to in order to survive.

George said...

Great captures of the ducklings!

Pietro Brosio said...

Beautiful colored waters and reflections! I always enjoy your very fine nature photos, Fishing Guy.

Tom Arbour said...

Very nice Tom. These remind me of last Friday when I was up on Middle Bass Island botanizing in a fairly secluded area. A hiding female mallard and her 8 or so babies burst out of the vegetation into a pond only about 5 feet in front of where I was walking. It scared the crap out of me.

Willard said...

Hi Tom,
An excellent Camera Critters post. It is always great to see the young of any species. I also enjoyed the skywatch series and the deer in Wednesday's post.

Brooke said...

Sweet shots of the duck family.

Luna ( from Brazil ) said...

Fabulous scenery and amazing pictures!
Thanks for sharing this beautiful post!
Have a nice week!
purrs and love
Luna

storyteller said...

Oh ... I love these action shots of the ducklings following mom like this! Beautiful ripples and reflections too. I do love Camera Critters!!! This week I've featured Molly at Happily Retired Gal and Ms Kitty at my 'other' blog ... just because.
Hugs and blessings,

Twisted Fencepost said...

Their little fuzzy behinds are adorable!

Kerri Farley said...

What a sweet family!

Unknown said...

Cool series Tom, the first image is the best in my view.

2sweetnsaxy said...

Awwww... look at the little ones. I sure would love to see some of those. :-)

lv2scpbk said...

Great photos. I have a place where I live too to get duck shots.