Due to number of photos taken during a nearly 4 hour visit to the duckponds (almost 300, than goodness for digital photography) this post is two days late.
On Monday I was torn between two different photos for two different challenges. One was a black and white version of this photo of the ducklings running towards me, used for the Mono Monday challenge,
29th April (click the date to see it).
The second was the shot on the right, a zoomed close up photo of the Mr Swans eye, I was considering entering this for the community challenge minimalism. Mrs Swan was sitting comfortably, well as comfortable as you can sit on seven large eggs.
Below is another dose of cuteness from the six ducklings. I was going to include some photos of the moorhens and their chicks, sadly mother nature has dealt a cruel blow, the gulls appear to have snatched the remaining chicks so I have decided not to post them.
Even daddy wanted to get in on the action when he photobombed a shot of his brood.
There's a bit of an uneven spread between male and female ducks on the pond at the moment, about a 2 to 1 ratio, which leads to the all boys club (below left) and the occasional fight.
My final shot for today is this close up of a snuggled up female.
Lovely close-ups of the swan's eye and the female duck.
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