Month: April 2024

Hooded Mergansers

I like this time of year because we end up seeing birds we don’t always see during the rest of the year. These are hooded mergansers. This is a male merganser. The white on the head can be expanded into a “hood”. Hooded mergansers are the smallest of the mergansers. The female is not as […]

Wood Ducks

We don’t see wood ducks on our lake very often. These two have been staying for a few days, so I was pleased to get a few pictures this morning. Wood Ducks do not nest on the ground as many other ducks do. They nest in cavities in trees and are comfortable flying through woods.  […]

Solar Eclipse

We had a very cloudy day today for the solar eclipse, so I wasn’t even sure if there would be any views of the solar eclipse. It definitely got darker and cooler when the eclipse was happening. These next two pictures were taken by using the reflection in a puddle. And God made the two […]