Critters Around the Pond After Work, 03-06-15

After work, I stopped briefly at the WPA Rock Garden and the middle-sized pool adjacent to it.  I didn’t have much luck getting photos of the bees and other bugs; they were just too quick for me – even though a big male Carpenter Bee kept buzzing around me, showing his golden “fur” off to the females in the garden in the late afternoon light.  I did get some photos of a young Red-Eared Slider Turtle that was moseying along in the pond, drifting and swimming; and I also go photos of a cormorant there, an egret and two Green Herons.  The egret and herons were fishing in the boxed-in planters in the pond that hold the lotus plants (when they’re in season), so they were standing stalk-still for the most part.  I was getting some handsome photos of the cormorant… who then decided to projectile-poop right in front of me.  Eeew.  Dude!  Seriously?  Hah-ha-ha-ha-ha!  There was also a little male Hooded Merganser there, and some Wood Ducks.  I got some shot of the Merganser from the back as he lifted himself up in the water and flapped his wings.  Those birds look soooo odd from the rear!  I only stayed at the park for about an hour and then headed home to crash for the day…

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