The photo above of a sleeping Mallard was taken at the local lake. I loved the circles around his body as he moved with the breeze. I chose Psalm 127:2 because the Lord loves and cares for all of his creation.
Showing posts with label Mallard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mallard. Show all posts
Friday, September 4, 2015
Sleeping Mallard with Psalm 127:2
The photo above of a sleeping Mallard was taken at the local lake. I loved the circles around his body as he moved with the breeze. I chose Psalm 127:2 because the Lord loves and cares for all of his creation.
Monday, August 17, 2015
The Creation: Sleeping Mallard
The photograph above of a sleeping male Mallard duck was taken at Somenos Lake. Mallards are common ducks, but they are endlessly interesting and entertaining to me. Its a lesson for us that the animal world lives for the moment, takes things as they come, whether good or bad.
For the believer its Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not on thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Beauty in Everything: Love Is In The Air
Just because I need a smile today, I am posting this photograph taken when the Mallard Ducks at the local pond were pairing up for the coming nesting season. I don't know if Mallard ducks mate for life or not, but these two were definitely in love. But then, I do tend to humanize the wild things.
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Beauty in Everything: Mother Love
This is a story of a female Mallard duck whose love for her offspring sent her out on a dangerous mission.
There is a local lake where many Mallard ducks live year around. There is only one access point for people with a small parking lot and a boat ramp. In Spring it is fun to watch the Mallards pair up and then they go off to a more private part of the lake to nest, and raise the ducklings until they are large enough to follow their parents to the public part of the lake.
Most of the year the only boats on the lake are owned by fishermen who enter the lake quietly, go off for hours at a time, and return just as quietly as they left. Unfortunately, come Summer some of the boaters are there just for fun, racing around the lake pulling inner tubes and the like. It was just such a day of this story when the Mallards were at the public space with their young, and a boat arrived with a group of people who were not interested in the welfare of the ducks, they were just interested in having fun. This fact had great bearing on one mother duck and her brood of four.
As this boat left the shore much too fast, this brood of four young ones took off as best they could, running over the water flapping their wings but they were not strong enough to take off in flight. Three of them went to the eastern shore where it was safe, but one of them ran out into the lake, right where the boat was circling, pulling an inner tube with laughing teens riding on it.
I was amazed at what happened next. The mother duck flew out to where her young one was, right into the path of the boat, and was able to guide her young one away from danger, and back to shore. It was one of those times when my camera was handy and able to capture the moment of their return.
There is a local lake where many Mallard ducks live year around. There is only one access point for people with a small parking lot and a boat ramp. In Spring it is fun to watch the Mallards pair up and then they go off to a more private part of the lake to nest, and raise the ducklings until they are large enough to follow their parents to the public part of the lake.
Most of the year the only boats on the lake are owned by fishermen who enter the lake quietly, go off for hours at a time, and return just as quietly as they left. Unfortunately, come Summer some of the boaters are there just for fun, racing around the lake pulling inner tubes and the like. It was just such a day of this story when the Mallards were at the public space with their young, and a boat arrived with a group of people who were not interested in the welfare of the ducks, they were just interested in having fun. This fact had great bearing on one mother duck and her brood of four.
As this boat left the shore much too fast, this brood of four young ones took off as best they could, running over the water flapping their wings but they were not strong enough to take off in flight. Three of them went to the eastern shore where it was safe, but one of them ran out into the lake, right where the boat was circling, pulling an inner tube with laughing teens riding on it.
I was amazed at what happened next. The mother duck flew out to where her young one was, right into the path of the boat, and was able to guide her young one away from danger, and back to shore. It was one of those times when my camera was handy and able to capture the moment of their return.
Its a wonderful thing to witness something like this, and to see God's creation at its best.
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