On Golden Pond

A day on the Pond...

Yesterday I saw  a hooded Merganser.  There was a male and female.  I got real excited because I thought they were Wood Ducks.  After a little investigated, thanks Brother In Law, I found out they were not Wood Ducks.  But, this little guy is cool looking too.  I just want some wild ducks to nest so I can watch little ducklings.

Today I saw a nasty little otter swimming around.  I saw one a few years ago when the pond was pretty new.  So, that was really cool, this little seal-like creature swimming in our pond.  Well, after you spend money on stocking the pond with fish, and raise 5 white ducks, and then find out the evil little otter is still hanging around.  The cute little otter became vicious.  This one killed 3 of my pretty white ducks and ate, no telling how many, catfish, bass, and brim.  It was my Brother In Law who caught him red-handed!  Now, unfortunately, I have another one.

A New Hobby

Photographing Birds!  

How nerdy is that?  I've actually been doing this a while and didn't call it a hobby or anything other than "taking a pic of a bird".  It wasn't until I was looking at the pictures on my computer and realized I have many, many pictures of birds from places I visit like Cabo, Cancun,  Oklahoma, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Louisiana birds - I’ll have to post some of my favorites.  Actually I could extend this to pictures of wildlife, animals, or even flowers - deer, bugs, frogs, ducks, my dogs, and cats.  My stepson has a fascination with taking pics of food, good food - steak, jambalaya, anything he’s eating or drinking.  Of course, I have pics of my children but not nearly enough from when they were little.  Guess I was too young to realize I would want more of pictures of them.  I don’t have many at all.  But, yesterday morning I really got a good picture of a male and female Hooded Merganser.  I thought they were Wood Ducks.  I want to see some nest so I can watch the babies.  And, yes, take pictures of them too.