This is one of my favorite ducks at Lake Morton. Looks like some type of hybrid mallard. Beautiful colors and very different from the brown mallards. He swam right up to me and started taking a bath.
As I was shooting the duck above, this swan walked in front of me and started pulling weeds to add to his nest. He was so close I could only get his neck in the shot.
I went for an after dinner walk and found this duck family in the pond near my house. I’ve been seeing this pretty creme mallard for a while now. I saw the family recently and the babies were getting big. Sadly, there were only 4 left.
Frog on our downspout after a storm.
Saw this lizard next to our dock. This is the first one I’ve seen with a rust head. Can they really blend in that well?
Here’s the same creme mallard back in May. She was floating around behind our dock.
Curious blue jay.
Hibiscus poking through the fence.
I took this through the kitchen window.
Taken through the bedroom window, the juvenile night heron was creeping around our neighbor’s dock.
Our neighbor a few houses down has an almost dead palm tree in their backyard. I came home from work and saw the tree full of crows eating the berries (or are these nuts?). Taken directly into the sun.
A few crows waiting their turn to get on the palm tree.
Something spooked them and they all flew off in a hurry. At this point it was almost dark.
Things in my neighborhood this past summer.
