I had about an hour of time to devote to birding today, so I decided to head to Lakeview Marina and Bridges Bay Park on the Detroit River (both really close to home) to see what ducks are around. There were lots of ducks, but mostly hugging the shore of Peche Island. I am still learning ducks, so I snapped a bunch of photos to analyze when I got home. Most of the pictures are a bit fuzzy due to the ducks being pretty far from shore and my largest lens is a 70-300mm (that, and I didn't bring a tripod...I tend to take fuzzy photos at 300mm). I am also getting really frustrated with my cheap binoculars....I am considering emailing Pelee Wings to pick up a pair before spring. Anyway, here are a few pictures from this afternoon :)
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| Mallards...the only ducks that were close. |
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| Common Merganser...I really love this picture :) I had to sharpen it a bit. |
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| Common Goldeneye! Life bird! Love that you can see his golden eye! |
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| Male and Female Common Goldeneyes. |
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| Gotta love Gulls! This Herring Gull was really loud! |
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| House Sparrows. I love the two in "action" :) |
