A few Mallards & Friends at Beacon Hill Park this fall.

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A small cheat..

Yes, I'm 'cheating' on the Beacon Hill Park ducks.....by putting up some pics from a stop at King's Pond, at the Victoria Golf Course.  These were hanging around out of the sun, floating around in the shade of reflections of some lovely green trees.

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Definitely Ducks

Lucky to have been spending a bit of time now and again in Beacon Hill Park this spring, I thought I'd share a few duck pics on the blog.  So......

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I really like watching the mallards - and friends - gliding along the water's surface, scooping up bits & pieces.

Ok, not a mallard.

....sneak in a couple more non-mallards....

...and as it's spring....baby ducks!

Some late ducks!

I did this short post some time back and didn't get around to posting it.
Anyhoo....here it is, with a just few pics from over the last few years at Beacon Hill Park.

Some Cold Ducks!

Came back from India a bit too early!  First a lot of rain and wind (normal), then we get hit with a substantial snow storm and a fair bit of accumulation!  Pretty unusual for Victoria. As everyone says, 'just lovely but hope it doesn't last.'  It is nice to walk in - as long as the wind isn't trying to knock you down. So, other than daily shovelling, I did get down to the ocean, and then to the park with duck food.  Here are a few pics from a cloudy day and a sunny day.

Although I do edit and process the pictures, the bright colours in the park are pretty natural for certain times of day, when the trees have a lot of  yellow in their bare branches, and so produce gorgeous yellow and red colour reflections in the water.  What is quite difficult is to colour-balance shaded areas (which look very blue) with the ducks and the sky.

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Down at Ross Bay.

The Ross Bay Big Stump.

Quite a few American Wigeons.

What!?? A person stopping!?  Any food?!?!

Looks like there might be food!!!!

Ahhhh.....food! ( I try to always bring duck food to pay them off as modelling fees.)

Making their way through the ice obstacles.

Just floating along through the ice.

Reflections from a gold-branched tree and the sky.

Some neighbors in the park.

NOT from Beacon Hill Park, but rather King's Pond.  Put it in just because I like Wood Ducks!