Why it's called a duck
I was going to feature a different duck photo today, but I decided to go with this one, instead. I may post the other one tomorrow. Dunno.
The one above was taken at the duck pond I featured yesterday. I hadn't realized how often ducks either, well, duck either their heads or the upper half of their bodies underwater. They can do the ducking thing very, very quickly, so I ended up taking several photos of duck bodies with their necks leading into the water. That wasn't really my intention.My favorites, tough, are of their cute little behinds sticking up, like the one above. They also had a nifty syncronized swimming maneuver going on like in the thumbnail at right (click on it to see the larger version).
They're fascinating little creatures. Do you think the people who live in the little neighborhood where the duck pond is would mind if I just started sitting on the bank with my camera and tripod every single day? More importantly, would the ducks mind? I could dress up like Big Bird, like I did in grade school for a play.
I doubt the costume would still fit, though.
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posted by Celine at
9/28/2006 12:00:00 AM
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2 Comments:
haha, you gave me a big smile with that photo, and the colors are great as well...thank you
When I saw this photo, I thought of ostriches that stick their heads in the sand. And of myself when I pull the covers over my head. Of course, the duck has a much smarter reason for sticking his head in the water than either the ostrich or me.
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