A group of Common Goldeneyes swimming on a river in winter. Among them, a Common Merganser with a longer red bill and brown head is mixed in with the flock. 冬の川を泳ぐホオジロガモの群れ。その中に、細長い赤い嘴と褐色の頭部をもつカワアイサが1羽混ざっている。

There’s one bird in the group pretending nothing’s out of place 🤣🪶
#水曜日は水鳥日 ということで、群れの中にしれっと混ざってるやーつ😳
なんとなく霞んでるのは川霧のせい😶‍🌫️
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #CommonGoldeneyes #ホオジロガモ #CommonMerganser #カワアイサ #birds #野鳥

I was filming what I thought were 4 Common Goldeneyes. Turns out there were 2 Goldeneyes (a male [possible hybrid]& a female), a female Bufflehead, and a female Greater Scaup.

At Spanish Banks Beach, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

#Birds #Ducks #CommonGoldeneyes #Bufflehead #GreaterScaup

Trio
Early morning, floating together in a calm pool of cold.
Somewhere between sleeping and waking, each of you stirs awake.
A new day has begun, or perhaps we are in one long dream.

#poem #poetry #sijo #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoetry #nature #birds #commongoldeneyes

Morning Snowstorm
Heavy flakes of snow falling in the early morning twilight.
Swimming together for safety and diving in search of food.
Cold water awakens the senses that snowfall seems to dull.

#poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #blueskypoetry #sijo #nature #birds #commongoldeneyes