Ducks and Hummingbirds

[yourlibrarian]

You can't see it well in the above photo, but for the first time I saw a sandpiper around our lake. (It's in the upper right side). That was the best I could do with my phone while not alarming the ducks.





An unusual underside shot of a hummingbird at the feeder. I am amused by how sometimes wings don't even show up!



Lastly, an incredibly common sight for us -- duck butt as the ducks snack, those feet paddling to keep them under.

Comments

[pauraque]

Maybe everyone knows this, but at one point I was surprised and pleased to learn that ducks are called ducks because they duck under the water (as opposed to ducking being called ducking because it's what ducks do).

[yourlibrarian]

I did not know that! It seems kind of like the question of whether orange came from the fruit or vice versa.

[minoanmiss]

This is fabulous nature photography!

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks! 💖

[shirebound]

What delightful shots! How lovely to have a lake nearby.

[yourlibrarian]

It really is. It's funny because I grew up in Florida and every 10th person there lives by a body of water, so I lived across the street from one. But it makes a difference when you can see the wildlife right out your window.

[cmcmck]

Great pics!

[yourlibrarian]

Thanks!

[scintilla10]

Aw, love the duck butts!

[yourlibrarian]

They amuse us every time we see them!

[pameladean]

These are great. The sandpiper looks so unconcerned, almost as if it exists in a different world.

We got to see swan and Canada goose butts recently, at a wildlife refuge north of the Twin Cities. The Canada goose ones are particularly silly-looking for some reason, and it's also funny to see the swans pop up and suddenly become elegant and mysterious again, at least if they don't happen to have too much duckweed on their necks.

P.

[yourlibrarian]

We have Canada geese around here too, though they don't tend to spend much time in our lake. And we did see a swan once. I can imagine that's rather funny given their size!

[adafrog]

Butts in the air!

Cool pics, thanks.

[yourlibrarian]

Haha, yes, we get mooned every day.

[sparowe]

Delightful! Thank you. :)

[yourlibrarian]

Glad you liked!