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19-JUN-2013 Christine Hanrahan

Mallard family

OK, so this was not in the FWG amphibian pond! I went down to the Arboretum, and found this one family in the stream that flows out of the FWG, so I reckoned it was OK to include this lovely family.

In the FWG, house wrens are feeding young, ditto the tree swallows, and song sparrows. All seen carrying food. The phoebes appear to have fledged and flown, as there was no activity around the nest. Other birds seen/heard today include common yellowthroat, yellow warbler, chipping sparrow, green heron, american kestrel, gray catbird, house finch, great crested flycatcher, american robin, common raven, turkey vulture (flying over), american crows, american goldfinches, and, a very nice surprise: looking up I saw a gorgeous great egret, pure white against the blue sky, fly over the old field.

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
1/200s f/5.7 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

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Lieve Snellings21-Jun-2013 01:54
nice family portrait ! V
Marcia Colelli20-Jun-2013 01:48
Very sweet capture of this family. V
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