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[angrboda]

Went for a walk around a nearby lake today. We were at the same place in June as well, and have an ambition to try and come back on the same walk at least once in all four seasons and see what we see and see what differences we see.




This was quite close to the path. It dove for something while we were watching but we couldn't see if it was succesful.


These plain grey ducks are pintail ducks in eclipse (non-breeding) plumage.
It's been brought to my attention that the black rump is wrong for pintails in eclipse plumage, so that's off the table. More likely to be a gadwall.


Greylag geese, wigeons (the larger grey ducks with brown heads) and teals (the smaller ducks that look like they're wearing a large amount of eye shadow)

(Yes, I know you can get a very good app that can identify stuff for you. I enjoy trying to do it myself, though. For me this is at least half the fun.)

Comments

[cmcmck]

Such lovely colours now.

[angrboda]

THey are. :)

[caprices]

That photo of the path under the trees looks like a painting!

[angrboda]

That's what Husband said as well after he took it. I think when he did his whatever-it-is-he-does to it afterwards he deliberately tried to enhance that effect. It certainly looks that way to me. :)

[yourlibrarian]

What a cool catch with the hawk!

[angrboda]

Yes, it was quite close to the path and not actually that high up. I've seen them before, but not nearly this close.

[elperian]

I'm so happy to see signs of fall!

[angrboda]

Yes, it's been getting going here. Some leaves have started to fall, but only a few.

[shirebound]

Thanks for taking us along on your walk! Seeing the same place in all seasons is a lovely idea.

[angrboda]

It's a good place for it as well, because the path is well kept all the way around, so it's not likely to turn into a mudbath in winter. :)

[earthspirits]

Delightful photos!

[angrboda]

Thank you

[fred_mouse]

Greylags in the wild!! <3 I love greylags, they are my favourite ever bird (to the point that one of my precious books is about Konrad Lorenz, animal psychology, and raising greylags, and I got given it at 'far too young' and age). I would have them in my garden, if I could.

[angrboda]

They're very noisy though. This time of year we hear them on their way south. You're never in doubt when the HONK-HONK-HONK-HONK-HONK passes over your house. :D

[fred_mouse]

:) I don't think I've ever seen more than half a dozen in one place, and those all domesticated.

[angrboda]

A couple of years ago we went on holiday to an island east of here. It's the only bit of Denmark that has rocky underground. There's a large resident population as well as it being a stop on the migratory route, so there were loads in the air at all times honking away. I think you would have enjoyed it. :)