Ducks!

PeggyC · Post by **PeggyC** » Dec 09, 2005 5:01 pm

Taken at the Flamingo hotel gardens in Las Vegas.

wishiwere · Post by **wishiwere** » Dec 09, 2005 5:44 pm

Oh MY! Even the mallard looks perfect enough to be fake! That middle one is beautiful!!!!!! As they are all, really! Thanks for sharing!

petal*pusher · Post by **petal*pusher** » Dec 09, 2005 6:15 pm

Beautiful!!

Isn't it funny.......if a child colored a picture of ducks with those vibrant colors, we would think it unique!

Nature has a splendid paintbrush!.......p

Snow · Post by **Snow** » Dec 09, 2005 7:00 pm

Oh wow - stunning photos Peg!

Garden_of_Mu · Post by **Garden_of_Mu** » Dec 10, 2005 1:18 am

Just gorgeous!! I think ducks may just be my favorite bird.

Ed_B · Post by **Ed_B** » Dec 10, 2005 7:33 pm

That second duck is a very pretty bird

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » Dec 11, 2005 12:48 pm

OMG, Peg.............Those are, I think, the prettiest colored birds I have see!! Never seen anything like that second one before!!

Thanks for sharing!!

Annie · Post by **Annie** » Dec 12, 2005 12:07 pm

Oh my you take GREAT pics!!!
Love them all but I must say I love the second one the best.

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » Dec 12, 2005 11:16 pm

As beautiful as the common Mallard is, it doesn't hold a candle to the second duck. The birds in the first pic are Grebes, not ducks. Beauties either way.

oldcoot · Post by **oldcoot** » Dec 13, 2005 4:03 pm

They are so beautiful. Hope you don't mind, I downloaded them to showto some other folks. Give you full credit.

John that old Coot...

PeggyC · Post by **PeggyC** » Dec 13, 2005 7:53 pm

OC, that's just fine with me! Glad you enjoyed them!

Thanks for the correction OED!

Patrushka · Post by **Patrushka** » Dec 17, 2005 3:56 pm

Gorgeous pics, Peg! Thanks for sharing all of nature's beauty, which you capture so perfectly, with us.

Herb · Post by **Herb** » Dec 21, 2005 1:54 pm

Great pictures.

I especially like the last one - the duck looks like it's having fun - sliding down the rock!

Gruntfuttock · Post by **Gruntfuttock** » Dec 29, 2005 7:52 am

The first picture shows hooded mergansers.
The second is my favourite duck, a Mandarin Duck.

I have seen the damage mallards can do to a pond, and woke up with horror one morning to find a pair on my pond. Thankfully they flew off.

Gruntfuttock · Post by **Gruntfuttock** » Dec 29, 2005 8:05 am

I love the middle one, the mandarine duck. They have always been my favourites, and I was thinking of making my garden pond home for a pair. The problem is that they nest in trees and the foxes round here would find them easy prey.

I have seen the damage mallards can do to a pond.

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » Dec 30, 2005 11:30 pm

Thanks for the correction GF! You can slap me too Peg.

OMG!! I was WROOOONG!!

Patrushka · Post by **Patrushka** » Dec 30, 2005 11:43 pm

OED wrong? I'm sure it won't happen again.

I didn't think they looked like the pics of Grebes that I found. I was trying to confirm that it was the females with those exquisite hairdos. It's nice to know what they really are.

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » Dec 30, 2005 11:49 pm

Not that I'll admit to anyway.

Hallson Gardens

Ducks!

Ducks!

You done good again Peg.......