Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
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Linda Schaub
- Who is that masked man, er … raccoon? #Wordless Wednesday #My new furry friend at the Park – NOT!
- “Spring is sprung. The grass is riz. I wonder where the birdies is?” ~ Anonymous
- Bewildered and bedraggled Snowdrops. Angry Robin bemoaning frozen worms. #Wordless Wednesday #Weary from Winter #3 years of Wordless Wednesdays for me!
- Ahh – Spring arrives today!
- Why a Duck? Why not a Seagull? #Wordless Wednesday #Marx (Bros.) Madness!
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FIFTY FAVORITE PARK PHOTOS
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- Parker noshin’ nuts
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Black Squirrel
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- Parker, my Park cutie!
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- Pekin Duck
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- Mallard Hybrid Duck
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- Midnight munchin’ nuts
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- Mute Swan
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- Goslings
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- Mama Robin
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- Seagulls on ice floe
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Parker chowin’ down
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- Mallard Duck
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- Northern Cardinal
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- Great Blue Heron (“Harry”) fishing for shad
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- Parker: shameless begging
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- Viceroy Butterfly
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- Great Blue Heron
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- American Goldfinch
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- Seagull
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- Robin baby (not fledged yet)
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Robins almost ready to fledge
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- Parker angling for peanuts
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- Robin fledgling
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- Parker making a point that he wants peanuts
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- Parker smells peanuts
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- Parker with a peanut
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Seagull
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- Red-Bellied Woodpecker
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- Pekin Duck
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- Starling
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- Canada Geese family
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- Canada Goose and goslings
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- Red-Winged Blackbird
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- Parker says candy is dandy.
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- Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
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- American Goldfinch
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- Hunny Bunny
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- Parker looking for peanuts
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- The pier just past sunrise
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- Mute Swan
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- Parker in the snow
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- Parker and a treat
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- Great Blue Heron
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- Me and my shadow (a/k/a Parker)
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- Fox Squirrel
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- Seagull
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- Canada Goose
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- Mallard Ducks
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- Mute Swan
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- Fox Squirrel – Parker
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- Northern Cardinal
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BADGES
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- 02-02-2018
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- 03-13-2018
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- 03-25-2018
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- 03-26-2018
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- Year #6!! 02/2019
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- 04-13-2019
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- 11-21-19
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WALKIN', WRITIN', WIT & WHIMSY 
What a delightful encounter.
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Thanks Anne – I’ve been back twice to look for her again, hoping she’ll have a fawn(s) with her.
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Awesome shots Linda 🙂
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Thanks Sandra – glad you liked them!
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Ah – what great pictures. Love that first photo.
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Thank you Peggy – that was such a special moment for me. She was gazing at me so intently – I wanted to walk closer, but was afraid she would bolt and and I didn’t want her to get hurt.
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What a lovely face! At least she stayed long enough to get her picture taken.
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Yes – she was so pretty and those ears flared out while she stared at me! I feel so lucky to see her and have her stay motionless for so long. Zazzy, in hoping for another encounter, I’ve been back twice since that day thinking I might find her with a fawn or two.
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What a beauty!
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The eyes – she was just fixated on me LaShelle, so much so that I was afraid to move a muscle. I felt so lucky to come upon her. I have been back to Lake Erie Metropark two more times to see if I can find her with her fawn.
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That’s SO amazing!
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You must of been happy to find her Linda! A real sweetie!
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Oh I was Wayne!! She was staring at me so intently, only moving her position once, then staring at me again. I wish she had not been behind those branches because when I zoomed in, it made her face blur a bit. But yes, that doe encounter, was another highlight of that day at Lake Erie Metropark. I’ve been back twice looking/hoping to find her with a fawn(s).
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A shame you do not know your camera well enough Linda. You could of done what I always do and that is use the centre focusing point only! Shoot like a sniper! All the other focusing points are detecting those branches and throwing your focus off.
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I will get to know the camera better when retired and have time to play around with taking pictures both ways – I would do pictures on automatic and also setting the camera. But if I saw something amazing, I would revert to automatic until I felt comfortable. It would have been better if she was not embedded in the bare branches.
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Great view and bet you were pleased to get those pictures
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Thanks Andy – yes I was pleased and I was struck how intently she was gazing at me. I always marvel at your roe deer and how they stare at you while you’re photographing them and I’ve often commented on that fact.
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I think they check us out “Oh it only him again” I think they get to know who is no threat like Wayne @ “Tofino Photography” with is local bears.
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I think you are right Andy … the critters decide if we “pass muster” and they can continue eating without any fear. It is a nice feeling to gain trust from critters, not matter their size.
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These pictures are amazing!!!! I see a lot of deer around here, but I’ve never seen a pregnant one so close up. Nice job!
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Thank you Ruth! I was so excited to see her this close-up. She was pretty big and you could notice it in one of the pictures. I’ve been back twice to see if I see her with a fawn(s).
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What a great capture, Linda. So pleased the deer didn’t make a run for it. She obviously liked having her picture taken.
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Thank you Hugh. I always look for deer at this park and she held that pose for the longest time. I think you are right – she enjoyed the adoration and camera clicks. I don’t know which one of us was more infatuated with the other.
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Once again, amazing nature photos, Linda. We were seeing deer in my son’s yard in Oregon every morning. Love watching them!
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Thanks Laurie – I’ve been back twice to this park hoping to see this doe with her fawn(s). She was really patient while intensely checking me out. I would love seeing deer in the yard. That would make my day too. My friend Carol’s backyard is near a forested area and she has deer grazing in the yard, even laying down in a group under the tree sometimes. It’s nice to see, but they tip the birdfeeders sideways to eat the seed (who knew deer ate birdseed) and drink out of the birdbaths and munch on hostas, so she is often running out to shoo them away.
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My son Rob has to fence in all of his flowers, herbs, and shrubs so the deer don’t eat them.
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I hope that helps Laurie – I just saw something in the last few days where people used a motion detector sprinkler system to deter the deer from the garden area. It was not an article, but a comment on a blog post I believe.
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Wow! Fantastic photos, Linda! Excellent!!! 😁
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Thanks Tom – I was so lucky she was not far away and sure held that post – we were equally fascinated with one another. 🙂
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It looks like you got close enough! Great pictures!
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Thanks Joni – I’ve been back two more times hoping to see her with a fawn or two.
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She is so beautiful!!! I especially love the first one, the portrait. These are amazing captures, Linda! 💙💙💙
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Thank you Barbara – she sure was and I felt lucky she felt so comfortable with me. She didn’t move or even blink, just taking it all in, as was I.
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Those eyes, each time.
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So intense Barbara – she was so still, not even blinking. I don’t know who was more mesmerized, her or me.
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This is a lovely set of photographs,Linda! I imagine the set nicely placed in a resort cabin in the woods for visitors to enjoy. Beautifully done!
Must be exciting to have been able to be so close to get such great photo shots.
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Thank you TD – I was really very lucky to get these photos. I am always looking for deer and I saw this one in a wooded area not far from the path. I took some pictures while inching up closer to her and she moved only once, sheltered a little behind the branches then continued starting at me. We were mesmerized with each other and I could see she was pregnant, so yesterday was the third time I have driven to this rural park to look for her, hoping we could connect again and she would have a fawn or two, but didn’t see her. This was a wonderful moment and last year when I saw the fawn up close, that was a wonderful moment as well. The mom left her fawn who was nibbling grass not far away from me, while mom went into the marsh for a little swim and returned later for her fawn – I know I floated home!
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I thought I read this, oops. Amazing shots, what a beauty, Linda!! We haven’t see our usual deer in our neighborhood. I’m sure they go into the high country for summer. They’ll be back in fall and through winter.
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Thanks Terri – I have been to this park three times now, looking to see if I find her with a fawn or two. We were mesmerized with one another. Yesterday at this park, there was a doe in the marsh chomping on Water Lotuses (for which there is a huge fine to pick them, or take the seed pods) and there she was munching away. It may be months before I use those photos, but it made my day. I am sure you miss seeing those deer in the neighborhood – that happens on Grosse Ile, a nearby island in Detroit, where they wander all over the main street.
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I’m still waiting to see moose roam through the neighborhood. It’s happened!
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I hope you have your camera handy all the time Terri! I was following a blogger in Alberta and she used to post photos of a family of moose that regularly visited her backyard and “pruned” the bushes.
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I keep it handy–you never know what you’ll get around here! Here moosie, moosie… LOL!
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I’d be encouraging them too … from a distance!
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What a beautiful creature! We don’t have them around where I live so I’m always in awe when I see them while traveling. Great shots!
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Thank you! I was lucky to have such a close-up encounter and I think it is those eyes Janis – we watched each other, both mesmerized by the other. I have now been back to this park three more times, hoping to see her again with a fawn (or two), but no such luck.
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She was interested in you! Some deer love to watch humans as much as humans love to watch them. Glad you were able to get some photos!!
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It was incredible to watch her – very intense staring between the two of us. Such a beautiful creature and expressive face Shelley.
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What a beautiful moment!
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I hope I’ll experience it again Shelley!
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Me too!!
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Very nice! You remind me that last week I was preparing to leave my office (on a quiet Saturday) and saw a Doe and two fawns ambling across the parking lot.
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Thank you JP – I was very lucky with this doe. She and I were mesmerized with one another for quite a while. I would love to see a doe and fawns together. I kept returning to this park since that doe was pregnant and I hoped to see her with her fawn(s). You remember how excited I was last year with that Bambi when mom took off and left me standing there with her fawn. That made my day.
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Quite impressed how she didn’t run off! Lovely photos.
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Thank you very much cav12. I also was surprised and impressed. She just kept staring at me and me at her. It was a magical moment for me.
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