Wednesday Potpourri

This week I thought I'd do something different. I've been getting a lot of neat animal shots and I thought I'd show a few. I'm sure I will use some later in other posts but this is a start of what I've been lucky enough to see.

Here are a mixture of Mallard Ducks and Canadian Geese sharing a flooded field. We had a lot of rain and the snow and ice is gone. (Michele - Do you see the Canadian?)
The two seemed to get along and were swimming together.
A large Red Tailed hawk flew across the road and landed in a tree close enough to capture a few shots before it got nervous. Can you see his 'crimson' tail (especially for Stacey).

There was a Coopers hawk in a tree that overhung the road. I turned around and got several shots.

I turned again and it kept posing. It was a nice bird.

I thought these were the best from a neat hawk encounter. A gust of wind ruffled it's feathers.
The deer came back to the back yard and posed. This was a mother and two fawns that are pretty well grown.

This was another day from the car. I saw a deer cross the road in front of me so I got my camera and drove closer. The one fawn was scared and gave me the white flag as it bolted. That is what it is called when a deer raises it's tail like that.

It did not go far and they settled in. I thought this was a neat family pose.

After lunch as I returned to work there were four deer crossing the driving range. I did get some shots at a long distance. I was able to get three in this shot.
I do hope you enjoyed my chance encounters with nature.