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 
Has to be the shiniest Mallard I have ever seen
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Yes, isn’t that something Brian? I swear the Mallard’s head glows in the dark with those brand-new feathers. 🙂
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Gorgeous!
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Yes, I think so too – the shimmering heads may just glow in the dark!
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The males may get all the flashy colors but the females get to enjoy looking at them!
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That is a great way of looking at it Barbara! 🙂
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I had never noticed that even their bills are different colors!
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Yes, it’s amazing really, just how vibrant the male Mallards are overall, where the poor females, except for their blue wing stripe, are just plain brown everywhere!
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such a beautiful iridescent green, Linda!
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Pam, I swear that the drakes’ heads glow in the dark and complement those neon-orange-colored feet. 🙂
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it’s perfection!
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Yes – nature is wonderful like that as you know!
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Aww, mallards are such pretty ducks, Linda. The males sure have a rich set of colors!
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The males sure are gorgeous Terri and just a few months ago, all of them had a blah brown-and-beige plumage.
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Seems unfair that the males get all the pretty colours. 😄 Lovely closeup shots!
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Thank you Debbie! They were almost right under my nose that day I went on the spooky stroll, so I could get closeup shots. I agree and I’m sure the females would like a little more color than just that one small blue wing feather. Sigh.
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Love those big, orange webbed feet. Both the male and female have beauty in their own way.
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I like those big, orange webbed feet too Rebecca. The males are so vibrant looking and the females do have their beauty too, especially that tiny blue wing feather, which is sometimes difficult to capture in a photo.
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Beautiful!
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I agree Ruth and with those brand-new feathers, I think their green heads look almost iridescent.
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Beautiful birds. The males may have the pretty colors but the females get to relax while the boys vie for their attention.
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Yes, they are so vibrant looking Janis. The females probably enjoy being the center of attention too!
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I like how colorful they are and your post flow was perfect. The opening three, the individuals, and the closing pair, with the beak down – so cool.
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Thank you Yvette! Mallards are striking-looking ducks, especially once their brand-new, perfect plumage is in place. I think that the male Mallard’s head glows in the dark (along with those neon-orange feet). 🙂 I had a difficult time picking what pictures to use since they all were fairly close-up. This was the day I took the spooky walk for Halloween.
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🙂🙂
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I think they are so pretty.
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Yes, so colorful, especially after they get their new plumage in.
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I like mallards, they are pretty, even the girls ! haha But my favourite is the Mergansers and the Wood ducks
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I like Mallards too, even the girls. 🙂 I photographed my first Wood ducks this Summer, then in late Summer, I saw a group of them in a small pond. I’ve not even looked at the photos – right now I have about eight long walks still on the card, not even taking a peek at all the pictures. It will take a while to go through those photos as you well know from experience. I have never seen a Merganser – I hope to one day.
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Yes It takes me a long time to go through photos. Sometimes it can be quite overwhelming. I need to be more aware of how many photos I take !
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You sound like me Susan and you’re gone on your trips abroad and camping trips for a long time, so I can’t imagine what a job it is. I go on a half-day walk and come back with tons of photos. 🙂 I am ahead on my blog posts through early December as I want to draw/paint again as I put that hobby off to go walk/take pictures, so I’ll push off the pictures for a while longer, but as I sort through I ask myself the same thing “why do you take so many pictures of the same thing?” I wonder how I had time for all this when I worked?
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Miss Linda……………………………..thank you for the close up of the Mallard ducks………………………the males are just beautiful to look at………………………………..they are pleasant in the pond also………………………………………with the other animals around……………………..
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Thank you Ann Marie! I think Mallards are beautiful ducks too, especially the males with their shiny green heads and their glow-in-the-dark heads and feet. I know you miss your pond where you saw all the action with the ducks, geese and herons – I hope there is one there or nearby your new place?
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Awesome pics, Linda! There is a type of parrot, wherein the males are a bright, green with an orange beak, and the females are a beautiful red with violet (and a black beak). For many years, scientists thought that they were two different species. They are called Eclectus Parrots.
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Thank you Tom! They have their brand-new plumage and were looking very nice after a few months of all looking the same. I know that drake looks like he glows in the dark between the neon orange feet and the bright green shiny head! That is incredible about those Eclectus Parrots as usually the female birds are always drab. They must be a treat to see together. I hope you are feeling better every day! I am a little behind here on WordPress.
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I am feeling a little better each and every day. Thanks for your very kind concern!
Yes, those Eclectus Parrots are truly a sight to behold. They can be bred in captivity. I think that the females really are more striking and beautiful than the males. This species is very fond of fruits and soft foods, rather than seeds and nuts.
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That is great news Tom! That is interesting about these Eclectus Parrots … also pretty incredible that they are not seed and nut eaters as you would usually find with all domestic birds.
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Yellow, green, brown, grey, orange – wow. Makes us humans look awfully dull!
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We sure ARE a boring-looking lot aren’t we?!
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Love the mallard colors and their sheen. Yorkie’s rubber duck is jealous. 😊
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Yes, he glows in the dark with that iridescent green head doesn’t he? Yorkie’s rubber duck is cute, but not handsome, but that works too. 🙂
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Great capture with the sun making them shine!
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Thank you Diane! Their heads seemed to glow in the dark and competed with the neon-orange feet!
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I always have admired their beauty along with many other ducks.
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I have too Diane. The Wood Ducks are so unique looking, but when you see the Mallard drake, especially after they have their new feathers after the molt, you can’t help but admire them. They seem to glow in the dark, along with the orange neon feet.
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Beautiful shots Linda!
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Thank you Joni! The Mallards always look so resplendent when they get all their feathers in after a late Summer molt.
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Such handsome gentlemen!
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Yes, they are. I was lucky to get that close to capture their good-looking new feathers.
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