Today we have the last bit of a big batch of bird photos from reader and photographer Colin Franks:
Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus:
Common Merganser (female) with chicks, Mergus merganser:
Red-breasted Sapsucker, Sphyrapicus ruber:
Juvenile Mallards, Anas platyrhynchos:
Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani:
Western Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana:
Ducks seem to be in duckweed!
That was a lot of great photos. Thanks for sharing!
This whole series was highly enjoyable. You have a great skill.
Mr. Franks, your photos are exquisitely beautiful. Thank you very much.
Just.Plain.Lovely!
Nice shots. I like the common merganser shot, great humour in nature, although I doubt the mother would not see it as such.
Simply superb, thanks for sharing your awesome photography.
I’ve never seen water fowl chicks riding on their mother’s back. Too funny!
Why is it called an oystercatcher, I wonder? I haven’t noticed any tendency for live oysters to run away when I’m eating them.
Wow! Thanks for sharing these, and the ones from yesterday too. 🙂
Thanks for the kind & encouraging words everyone. I have a separate FaceBook page (Colin Franks Photography) and very recently joined Instagram.