Lost Ducks

As I approached this poind, I saw two ducks. They were hiding behind the tree line and I lost them in trees. Well, I send the drone to see if I could get a photo🧐🤓.

The 1st photo is what I managaged to capture before i lost them again. The 2nd photo does not really help. but this was the last I saw them. I did not see them fly away, so I am guessing they are were hinding under the trees. Ha.

~ Rick

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A Drone Mission

This was an interesting photograph. I saw the colors but we were not close enough to get a good shot. Instead, we drove to a parking lot and I flew the drone back to where the colors were and took the photo. I guess this was a drone mission.

I really love drone photography. It’s been a while since I had so much fun flying my drone. It was a good day:).

~ Rick

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What Pond Rules?

It has been several months since we saw a Belted Kingfisher. I think the last time was in May or maybe even April. I heard this guy making a lot of racket near the fishing pond at Big Woods while I was flying my drone. He was clearly living up to his name .. fishing in the pond. I wonder if he really knows the pond rules?

~ Rick

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A Hooded Duck?

We saw these Hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) while hiking at Hueston Woods State Park. They were fun to watch. It was like a wrestling match on the water. Unfortunately, they were far away, so I didn’t get the best photo. It was still cool.

This hooded merganser do not stay here during the winter, but they don’t travel far. From Wikipedia:

Hooded mergansers are short-distance migrants, and they winter in the United States in regions where winter temperatures allow for ice-free conditions on ponds, lakes and rivers. They have two major year-round ranges. One is in the Eastern United States from the southern Canada–US border along the Atlantic Coast to the Gulf Coast in the region of the Mississippi delta. A smaller year-round range extends from Washington state and southern British Columbia to northern Idaho.

They also breed to some extent in regions from Missouri to southern Canada and from Nova Scotia to eastern North Dakota and Saskatchewan, migrating when necessary to avoid winter conditions.(More on the Hooded merganser on Wikipedia)

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Greenville Falls

I shot this photo late last week at the Greenville Falls State Scenic River Area. Water levels are very low and the colors are not at their peak, but it was still beautiful. If the rain and wind over the weekend don’t wipe it out, I will try to take the same photo early this coming week.

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