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I was trying to take pictures of these ducks, but they were so far away I couldn't see what I was taking... |
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So, I zoomed all the way in on them, and never realized I caught something else in my shots... |
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A lumbering raccoon was fishing with them on the far side of the pond. I never even saw him. |
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It wasn't until I got home and blew up the pics that I realized what a zoo I was looking at. |
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Those are male wood ducks and buffleheads, neither of which I've ever seen in the wild before. |
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Sandhill cranes have returned to the area finally. |
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Canada geese, who never left, are pairing up, too. |
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Playing well together were Canada geese, mallards, buffleheads, wood ducks and who-knows-what-else that I still haven't identified. |
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Not to play favorites, bu the wood ducks are truly magnificent looking birds! |
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A herd of deer grazing on the grass fed by treated wastewater. I've never seen so many together before. |
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Friendly deer, they were. |
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A very shy cardinal. |
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I could not get a good shot of this guy, but I was still somehow able to identify him as a Northern shoveler, yet another common waterfowl I've never seen in the wild. |
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Man, there is nothing like having a powerful camera with a great zoom lens to show me all the things I'm seeing, but don't know I'm seeing. |
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