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Rosa ~ her candleholder was voted "best in class"....she nipped lots of tiny little pieces resembling beach glass and when she was finished her piece looked like a shimmering ocean!
Both are "dabbling ducks". Definition: "A dabbling duck is a type of shallow water duck that feeds primarily along the surface of the water or by tipping headfirst into the water to graze on aquatic plants, vegetation and insects." www.thespruce.com/dabbling-duck-definition-386868
Female Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
A selection of photos of a Gadwall drake which has rather unexpectedly turned up recently at Swannie Ponds, in Dundee.
In 2050, scientists began dabbling in genetics, and unknowingly unleashed a virus that transformed susceptible humans into ragin alien-like creatures. 95% of the world's population was infected. The other 5% were only spared because they were in remote locations or away from large amounts of people. Months later, what remained of teh world's government banded together in what was known as the IDA (International Defence Association) to counter the mutant threat. However, they were short of survivors, so they enlisted a man called Axel to help find the survivors and help their plight.
Axel has managed to trace a call for help signal to the base of a top secret organisation working for the government. After the remaining agents, Yvonne, Robert and Michael, meet Axel, they are attacked by a Phase 2 mutant and a Phase 3 Mutant.
Some ducks fall in the dabbling catagory and others are diving ducks. The ChiloƩ Wigeons are dabblers. I looked up the definition: "A dabbling duck is a type of shallow water duck that feeds primarily along the surface of the water or by tipping headfirst into the water to graze on aquatic plants, vegetation and insects." These exotic probable escapees must have liked the dining here because they stayed all year long.
ChiloƩ Wigeon (Mareca sibilatrix)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
Taken early in 2010, at Radipole RSPB reserve Weymouth, Dorset. Didn't get the green speculum on the secondaries (sulk). I think it only shows when they are waddling, or in flight.
Photographed on Kaiapoi Lakes.
The grey teal is a small dabbling duck that frequents shallow freshwater lakes. The bird is extremely nomadic. This nomadic way of life enables the bird to quickly exploit shallow temporary water during irregular flooding in the interior of Australia. The grey teal was self-introduced to New Zealand from Australia from irregular irruptions. The last major irruption occurred in 1957 following drought conditions in Australia. Pair-bonds appear to be retained from one season to the next.
The grey teal is small, slim, āplain-facedā duck, considerably smaller than a mallard or grey duck. It is mostly grey-brown in colour with a pale cheeks, chin and throat. The eye is bright crimson, especially in adult males, and the bill is dark grey. Immature birds have a duller red eye. Wings are dark brown with the primaries darker brown, a broad green speculum on the secondaries, and a white stripe on the inner wing, just in front of the speculum. The underwing is off-white. Grey teal can be identified in flight by the white flash on the upperwing and the fast wing beat, although both are identical in the vagrant chestnut teal - www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz
If you like the idea of dabbling ducks, then you may enjoy "Ducks' Ditty" from "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame.
`Ducks' Dittyā
All along the backwater,
Through the rushes tall,
Ducks are a-dabbling,
Up tails all!
Ducks' tails, drakes' tails,
Yellow feet a-quiver,
Yellow bills all out of sight
Busy in the river!
Slushy green undergrowth
Where the roach swim--
Here we keep our larder,
Cool and full and dim.
Everyone for what he likes!
WE like to be
Heads down, tails up,
Dabbling free!
High in the blue above
Swifts whirl and call--
WE are down a-dabbling
Up tails all!
I dabble with Photoshop and Illustrator (All adobe products really) now and then. All self taught. Figured I would start posting some of those works here for your enjoyment/critiques. Any help in this or future postings is welcomed, just be nice :)
me and cousins used to play with this
hibiscus
when we were kids
our main ingredient for making bubbles
yay!
"Hibiscus on the Sleeping Shores"poem from Wallace Stevens
Here I distressed the butterflies and the chipboard letters using Soft Suede ink on sponge daubers.
More details on my blog:
seasidestampers.blogspot.com/2010/08/dabbling-in-dirt.html
Thanks for looking :)
She also has a little bit of iridescence on her head but not anywhere near as much as the male. Her head is rounder and much less color on her sides. These are small ducks, smaller than coots.
Female ChiloƩ Wigeon (Mareca sibilatrix)
American Coot (Fulica Americana)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
Dabbling with a Helicon Tube, a gadget that steps focus a set amount each shot allowing you to do focus stacking easily. This is a combination of 32 images, shot hand held
American Wigeon: Medium dabbling duck, brown body with white crown, large green ear patch extending to back of head, buff washed breast and sides, and white belly. White shoulder patches visible in flight. Black-tipped pale blue bill. Swift direct flight, strong wing beats. Flies in tight flocks.
American Wigeon: Opportunistic and aggressive feeder, often foraging in open water by stealing materials brought to the surface by diving ducks and coots. Feeds primarily on leafy aquatic plants, grass, and agricultural crops; also takes insects and other aquatic invertebrates.
The American Wigeon was formerly known as "Baldpate" because the white stripe on their crown resembles a bald man's head.
Their short bill enables them to exert more force at the bill tip than other dabbling ducks, thus permitting efficient dislodging and plucking of vegetation.
Their diet has a higher proportion of plant matter than the diet of any other dabbling duck.
A group of ducks has many collective nouns, including a "brace", "flush", "paddling", "raft", and "team" of ducks.
That's the name. Chocolate Things. From the Cheese Board in Berkeley. They are organic, and pull apart like brioche, but with a few chunks of dark, very good chocolate. Decadent
Following on from dabbling with a bit of macro work with the EOS M I went out with a macro setup on the 5D Mk3 - a first! - despite owning the lens and convertor for years, I have never used them before. I wandered around Slaithwaite and along the Huddersfield Narrow Canal towpath. The light was very poor. Trying to handhold, get depth of field and accurate focus in the gloom was really hard. I tried different settings and ended up at ISO 1000. Besides meeting loads of people I knew, including my oldest daughter, I got some politely curious looks. Shame about the light, critical as it is.
To see more information about the 130 year history of J B Schofield and Sons, including their transport and 33 years gritting in the Pennines look here www.jbschofieldandsons.co.uk/