Wordless Wednesday – allow your photo(s) to tell the story.
Linda Schaub
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Linda Schaub
- Mr. & Mrs. Cardinal (and a pal) partake of peanuts at the Park. #Wordless Wednesday #A favorite vintage ornament.
- Lean, mean and green.
- Which way is Santa Claus? #Wordless Wednesday #Remember those days?
- When there’s wicked wind, wildflowers and …
- Before and after a cup of Joe. #Wordless Wednesday #Sadly, we don’t ALL rise and shine!
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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 
Absolute beauty
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Thank you Ellie.
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Great photos of the wood duck. I like how you captured its reflection and I wondered if it was moving around to see itself? Now I wonder if I’ve ever seen a wood duck and didn’t realize it was one? Love the clever title you came up with too, Linda! 😍
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Thank you Shelley! I was lucky to get those reflections because it kept going in and out of the mucky area and then I didn’t have a complete reflection – it was cut off. That’s a good question if it could see itself? I didn’t know so I Googled and no, they don’t know it is themselves – they think it could be another duck. Only Magpies “get” it and realize it is themself peering back. This time I could see it was a Wood Duck as soon as I saw the ring around the eye. But the other times, I never realized they were Wood Ducks as they were smaller and under and between the Lotus leaves. I think this was a juvenile – the females have the feathers at the ruff of the neck and this one doesn’t. Glad you like my title too – a Dr. Seuss wannabee – that is me!
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You’re welcome. Thanks for doing the research. I can see that now in the photos.
Dr. Seuss wannabee is a fun approach to pursue! 😉
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You’re welcome!
I always liked Dr. Seuss and his mindset. My favorite quote of his applies to me:
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Dr Seuss
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I LOVE that quote too and it does fit you!! 🥰
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Thank you Shelley – my motto in life. 🙂 Once you’re out of your teens where you had to think/act, even breathe like the rest of the crowd, it’s time to be a free spirit. Dr. Seuss had a lot of profound quotes and sadly most people just associate him with his witty rhyming books and crazy characters.
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Yes, so true, Linda. You have many hints of his cleverness in your writings too!
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Thank you Shelley! He was quite eccentric and perhaps that is why he had such interesting characters in his books. The first book I read by Dr. Seuss was “The Cat in the Hat”.
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You’re welcome! Yes, that was a first read for me too. I still have a copy of the one I bought for our kids. Classic!
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Oh how fun that you kept it all these years … you can read it to your grandchildren when they come along. 🙂
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Yes, they asked me to save it. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 someday…maybe…🥰
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Good for them – you in a rocking chair and reading that classic. I like it!
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🥰🤗😁
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A duck in duck weed. Love the reflection photos 🙂
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Thank you Brian. I’m a sucker for those reflections too. I’ve been looking for adult Wood Ducks for awhile now. They’re on my annual “Birdie Bucket List” – at least I found a juvenile and in the Summer I got some ducklings – no parents pictures yet though. .
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Keep on looking or maybe not look and that way you will see one 😂
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That’s when I have had a few lucky finds, when I least expected them. Once a doe and her fawn were grazing and I drove by, saw them, parked very quickly and walked over near them. Mom literally ditched the fawn and went for a swim in the marsh. I was in disbelief – it just stood and stared at me, nibbled some grass, stared at me some more. I had my digital compact camera and was about 8-10 feet away. When Mom was done with her swim, she appeared on the shoreline and the fawn trotted off toward her, but looked back at me a few times. I thought my heart would melt.
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That’s so good 👍😀
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You caught the duck beautifully.
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Thank you Anne; I’m glad you liked those pictures.
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A duck in the muck but was he stuck? (Ok I ran out of rhymes!)
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Nope, it just looked like it Kate. It’s not like he can cluck if he’s stuck to get help. 🙂
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🙂
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Great shots Linda! You captured this bird perfectly!
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Thank you Wayne – this time I recognized it in “real time” and not waiting until I got home at the computer because they were swimming around the Lotus leaves. That eye ring gave it away!
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one step each time and you’ll soon be a fully fledged birder!
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Yes, that kind of happened along the way didn’t it Wayne. The squirrels are demanding equal time, so I have to sneak in a post or two featuring them. Otherwise they nip at my ankles when they see me. 🙂
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The reflection is amazing. Quackingly good photos.
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Thank you Ally – I like when I can get some photos of reflections on the water. “Quackingly good photos” – I love it!
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That duck is stalking me!
Anatidaephobia…🦆
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That’s a new word for me TD – thank you for sharing it. 🙂 I have Arachnophobia myself (a fear of spiders).
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What beautiful eyes it has!
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Yes, those rings around the eyes are awesome aren’t they Barbara? At least I recognized the Wood Duck at the marsh instead of on the computer screen weeks later.
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Miss Linda………………………………I’ve seen ducks and geese swimming around in the muck before………………………it seems that they like it……………………….
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Yes, I think they are oblivious to it Ann Marie, unlike us humans who notice it right away!
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They are very pretty little ducks. I don’t usually see these swimming where I can get a photo.
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That’s the closest yet I’ve been able to get to these Wood Ducks Rebecca. I am hoping one day to see a male Wood Duck with its amazing color combo. I’ve gone from ducklings to juveniles, so maybe next year?
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I took a photo of a male and female swimming among the reeds at the lake once, but they were moving along quickly and were too far away, and the photo came out all blurry. The male is quite beautiful. I guess we both have him on our photo list. 🙂
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Yes, they are beautiful, just like those Mandarin Ducks, which also have such striking plumage. I think Andy Finnegan has shown us a few that strayed to Titchfield Haven. They will be bucket photo list perennials for us. 🙂
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Lovely & beautiful capture the woodduck. Nice you sharing your wannabee. Nice reflection photo,Linda!
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Thank you Raj – I am glad you liked the photos. I really like the reflections too. Sometimes they are nicer than the subject. 🙂
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You are most welcome my friend!
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Super beautiful (even without striking colors)! Great pics, Linda! 😊
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Thanks Tom! I’ve gone from Wood Duck ducklings to juveniles and maybe next time will be adults, especially that striking male.
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haha cute title and a cute duck Linda !
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Thanks Susan! First I never saw Wood Ducks, now I’ve seen ducklings twice and this juvenile – now aiming for the male with its beautiful colors … some day. 🙂 It was cute with those eye rings, wasn’t it?
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Yes he was cute. I do like ducks, especially the Wood Ducks and Mergansers.
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A Wood Duck male remains on my “Birdie Bucket List” and I went to a wooded area where there are a mated pair nesting in the trees there, but I saw nothing. And I would love to see a Merganser. We have them here as I follow a site on Facebook where photographers post pics from various Michigan Metroparks in SE Michigan (we have 13 of them) so one day perhaps I’ll see one.
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We do see a lot of mergansers in Algonquin Park! and sometimes around our area where I live. They are so cute
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I like their “‘do” – yes, they are cute! I hope to see them one day Susan.
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“How much wood can a wood duck duck if a wood duck could duck wood…?” Or something like that 🙂 And yes, I checked all the comments to be sure someone else didn’t revisit this one too.
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No, no one said that Dave and why didn’t I think of it? I hesitated as I already had Mallard ducklings and their mom swimming in the brown muck, but this was a close-up, so I went with it!
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A wood duck? But it looks so lifelike! 🙂
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I was closer to it this time. Last time I was across the pond/marsh. 🙂
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