(June 29th) Today I was surrounded by families everywhere I went. First it was some Canada Geese, then a Baltimore Oriole feeding its just-fledged offspring, then a few Red-Winged Blackbird families. Some of these photos were good, but I like the pictures I took of the ducks today the most. Run-of-the-mill Mallards, but the lighting was good and in some shots like of this juvenile, the water had some nice reflections.
The father of the family seemed to be in the middle of a molt. Since the breeding season is winding down, he's getting out of his garish green colors into a drab brown plumage that resembles the female and juveniles. At the end of my morning I ran into another family. Here you can see the mother leading her children across a small pond.
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