The bottom half of a goose diving beneath the water in a pond covered with water lily leaves
I was going for something like Monet's water lilies... For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BirdButt. #waterlilies, #NorwottuckRailTrail #AmherstMA
A goose on top of her feathered nest in a pond
I saw a goose at the beaver pond begin feathering her nest yesterday. I'm looking forward to seeing some newly hatched goslings on May 1, as has been the case the past few years. This pic is from last year for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Feathers. #NorwottuckRailTrail #AmherstMA
Muskrat eating sticks in muddy water
Muskrat swimming through muddy water toward the camera
What delicate paws this #muskrat at the beaver pond has. #NorwottuckRailTrail #AmherstMA
What a wonderful time of year to be on the #NorwottuckRailTrail. The #muskrat is busy eating, the #geese honking and the #woodfrogs and #peepers are calling. (Muskrat pics in next post.) #AmherstMA
Great Blue Heron in water with ruffled feathers and a fish in its beak
This Great Blue Heron ruffled a few feathers catching a fish in the beaver pond. For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #ruffledfeathers. (The expression ruffle feathers means to upset, annoy or irritate someone. In this case that would be the fish.) #NorwottuckRailTrail #AmherstMA
Two geese and seven chicks about to cross the bike path
Be sure to look both ways! #Geese and their seven offspring prepare to cross the bike path. For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #AdultsWithChicks For the past few years at least, newborn geese have hatched on May 1st. #AmherstMA #NorwottuckRailTrail
Great blue heron with one leg raised on a tree branch
A #greatblueheron in a tree at the beaver pond for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #SteppingOut
#AmherstMA #NorwottuckRailTrail
A goose on her feathered nest
A goose on her fine, feathered-nest for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #PowerPose. But I do wonder why the expression "feather one's nest" implies that someone is greedy, when this poor #goose plucked her own feathers for this one. #NorwottuckRailTrail #AmherstMA
Baby goslings under their mother's wing in a pond
These newborn goslings are a shoo-in for today’s #BirdOfTheDay alternate them of #cute, and I'd say their mother is a contender for the primary theme of #WingsOverWater. #NorwottuckRailTrail, #AmherstMA
Great blue heron looking for fish
Great blue heron with a fish -- and ruffled feathers
Sometimes you have to ruffle a few feathers when you're #DivingForFood, today's #BirdOfTheDay theme. #GreatBlueHeron #NorwottuckRailTrail #AmherstMA
Newborn goslings in the sun on the first day of May. #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Serenity. #geese #pond #NorwottuckRailTrail, #AmherstMA
Hungry, hungry Kingbird chicks
#easternkingbird, #feedingchicks, #Tyrannustyrannus, #tyrantflycatcher, #norwottuckrailtrail
The Norwottuck Rail Trail bridge over the Connecticut
#photography, #366photodgraphy2024, #potd2024, #photoaday, #everydayphotographer, #photooftheday, #pad2024-255, #norwottuckrailtrail, #connecticutriver, #river , #bridge, #latticeturssbridge
