Hi everyone! It’s Cindy here to show you a little more of what we saw at North Ponds Park a few days ago. There were quite a few wild flowers.
Cattails
Queen Anne’s Lace with a Lady Bug
Unfortunately we found a couple of invasive wild flowers too.
Loosestrife
Spotted Knapweed
There were plenty of dragonflies around but many were too fast or too far away. I was lucky to catch this little guy.
Blue Dasher – Pachydiplax longipennis
In addition to the Great Blue Heron I showed you earlier there were other waterfowl around. I found these young ducks near where the heron was.
Young Black Ducks moved away as I approached.
The ducks cut a path through the algae.
The babies were hanging together but what were the adults up to?
Maybe if we can’t see them the kids won’t find us.
I hope you enjoyed seeing a little more from our walk at the ponds.
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Spectacular dragonfly!
Oh that is a lovely Nature Walk. Especially live the duck pictures. Wonderful. Gave a great weekend!
Hari OM
Congrats on that dragonfly… I adore them, but getting them in the lens is a nightmare! Nice series!!! YAM xx
Love the cattails and the duckies are so cute!
We always love your beautiful photos. The ducks look adorable and the dragonfly is just a perfectly timed shot. Thanks for the share. Have a wonderful weekend.
What wagnificent images. LOVE the cat tails and the exquisite iridescent dragonfly. So beautiful!
What beautiful crisp photos!!! Clapping at the ladybug and cattails.
Ducks in a row and the Blue Dasher
Hugs Cecilia
Had chuckle at the ‘hiding’ ducks. Great photos. Haven’t seen cattails in YEARS! Thanks.
Thanks for the wildlife tour! We loved seeing all the flowers and ducks and the dragon fly. Hope you have a great Labor Day holiday! Seems the weather is perfect.
What a lovely place to visit.
What a beautiful walk filled with gorgeous nature!!!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
nice shots for the fleeting final days of summer!
I miss the cattails and queen Anne’s lace that we had my childhood yard in PA. I’m amazed you know what species of wild flowers are nor native to your area. Lexi and I used to have dragon flies visit us on, “her” pontoon boat. .
Mommy loves dragonflies, she was very sad when she went swimming on the ship (Carnival Fantasy out of Mobile) she kept finding dead dragonflies in the pool or around it. She thinks they must have been looking for fresh water (the pool was salt water). We loved seeing your flowers and birds today.