Down by the Dock: Ducks!! (Part ONE)

These days, when the leaves are all down from the trees, we get an even clearer, unobstructed view of our lake from our back yard deck.

So, one morning this last week, I woke up to a lake of GLASS. There was no wind, completely still.

We had been having a lot of rain over the last few weeks, so the lake level had really risen.

Our dock was somewhat under water, so we wanted to wait until the water went down a bit before we pulled it in for the winter. (Here, the lake freezes over so docks aren't allowed in the water for the entire winter. One must pull it in, out of the water).

This is what our dock looked like that morning.

All lonely and wet.

But just LOOK at the lake!:

But, what to my wandering eyes should appear?????

Two ducks on the lake, swimming NEAR:

And the lake made a wonderful mirror for them:

One came over to say hello:

She swam all the way from out in the lake to beside our dock and bay.

I loved how you can see the reflection of our bay's trees in the water where she is swimming:




And along came her partner, too!:

Although she did SLOBBER a bit!:

Look at her handsome blue side feather and her bright orange feet!

She is a female Mallard duck:

I will post the second set of pictures of these lovely ducks tomorrow.

You know me! I couldn't take just 8 pictures of them, now COULD I?