PRETTY FISH

I have this thing - when I'm near a pet store or anywhere that has an aviary or an aquarium I love to take photos.  I try to do it in a secretive way because I think it must look a little odd for someone to do this.

Some of them seem oblivious to me.

Some of them seem a little goofy or like a cartoon character.

So many have grumpy faces.

PERFECT CONDITIONS AT THE LAKE LATELY

I'm easily entertained by the mallards.

Today I saw two males trying to hold a female under water - then a third male came in to help.

She eventually got away.  I don't know why they do that.  At first I thought it was a mating ritual but now I don't think so.

In some pics if u look close you can see her head barely out of the water.  I don't know what happens that makes them attack her like this.

I've seen it happen several times before this.

They have her almost all the way under the water.

and one of them is biting her neck.  Maybe it is a mating thing.

WOW TWO POSTS TODAY

Here is a pelican that I shot in Cambria when I was last there over a week ago.  It flew right in front of the sun.  I had to darken it which made the sun's outline show up.

EGRET AT PISMO BEACH DURING THANKSGIVING WEEK 2015

A few months late posting these but I still have quite a few photos from this trip up the coast.

SOME SEAGULLS AND BIRDS IN PISMO

I took a lot but I loved the scenery behind him.

FEMALE GRACKLE SEEN IN PISMO

I've seen male grackles before but never females (that I know of).

I was pretty sure it was a grackle and checked google when I got back.

Mr. Cranky Feathers

Cranky Feathers has looked like this all winter.  I just can't get him to smile.

Kind of a strange effect on the photo - taken through my bedroom window.

SOME HERON PHOTOS FROM OUR WALK AROUND THE LAKE

There was a lot of snow around but he found an area where it had melted and was hanging out there.

We're in the low 40's today and it looks like no wind chill - so I'm hoping for another lake walk today.  It's always exciting to see something we're not expecting - like this heron.

LESSER GOLDFINCH IN YARD LAST TIME WE HAD SUNSHINE