Seen while walking along the Willamette River recently:
Duck, Duck …
…. Goose (goose goose geese?) …
(and a photo-bombing cormorant)
Goose, Goose and Great Blue Heron
Linking to Eileen's SATURDAY CRITTERS; Annie's RATHER B'BIRDING; Stewart's WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY; and Gemma's WEDNESDAY WATERS
Thank you to each of the hosts.
Very nice photos! Love water birds…
Aren’t they wonderful to see? Soon ours will be gone…
Oh I love the duck duck goose heron….
Lovely collection of birds on the water, Sallie.
😉
I love water birds!
Such wonderful reflections in the water in the first photo and love your creative presentation of all these birds.
The ducks were definitely out while you were taking your walk. Such a pretty series. Very quiet and peaceful spot.
Beautiful shots of the birds. Good to see all of them in one place.
I think that heron is a statue!! Nice shot.
Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
I love the sight of all the water birds. I used to see them almost every day when I was in Michigan, but I rarely see them anymore.
lovely lovely birds, I love the colours 🙂
Oh, those cormorants!
Wonderful series of nature’s critters ~ Delightful!
Wishing you a wonderful week ~
artmusedog and carol
Sallie, thank you for your previous post, Imagine. I CAN imagine a world without hate, though I’m enough of a realist to admit it may never happen. Still, I imagine. Thank you for posting.
What a picturesque essay on duck, duck, goose. 🙂 I never tire of seeing a Great Heron and can while away many-an-hour just watching them.
lovely to see so many birds on the water
What a beautiful heron – such a graceful bird.
Isn’t that the truth. It’s a duck, duck world out there…
Oregon is blessed with so much waterfowl, I LOVED it!! I can see why you settled there…Are you still coming to FL for the winter?
Excellent shots, Sallie!
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife.wordpress.com
The great blue herons are my favorites….but any wildlife I see and can get a picture of is awesome!! Looks like you have a nice variety around there!!
You seem to be finding plenty of lovely country nature walks from your new home!
nice to see them still around 🙂
If only us humans could figure out how they live so well together maybe we could inherit it.
Just wonderful photos!
The Willamette put on a gander of a show and you caught it just right.
happy little water park. 🙂
A great place to go for a walk and nice photos!
Pretty birds! We still have lots of geese, but they will fly south soon.
Wonderful water fowl!!! Beautiful array and some great reflections too.
Wonderful shot of the heron!
Thank you, Sallie for your visit. I am following you now. Wonderful collection of ducks, geese and heron. Have a happy weekend!
On a happier note, appreciation and involvement in the natural world leads to a hate-free understanding of all that is wonderful about the Earth.
Great pictures. Love the duck, duck, goose thought for you saw them both and that blue heron is just magnificient!
We had planned a visit to Brazos Bend State Park this weekend but Hurricane Patricia is keeping us inside. We are getting some much needed rain. Love the ducks and geese and heron!!
Always great to see a heron! And the geese and ducks look happy to be there too.
Good morning, Sallie. Great sightings of the ducks, geese, cormorants and the heron! Looks like a nice nature spot for a walk. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Have a happy weekend!
These are awesome shots. There’s something regal about great blue herons and I adore your photos.
Duck, goose, and Heron, they all follow the alphabetical sequence.
Nature also behaves like us.
Lovely shots. It looks a great area foe wildlife, walks and photography.
I hope you had some bread with you !
A fantastic encounter with all these great water birds
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