Friendly Mallards, Up Close and Personal!

The 2 mallard ducks that hang out at the neighbor’s pond like to take a daily walk around my back yard. Sometimes they pick up the seed that has fallen from our bird feeder. But today, while I was outside, they seemed unusually friendly, following me as I walked around the yard and walking right up to me when I stopped. I suspect they were looking for a handout. They allowed me to photograph them up close, and here they are!




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Feisty Mallards, Canada Geese At Veterans Park

The weather is still nice and unseasonably warm here today, so I decided to take a stroll in Veterans Park (Mentor, OH) to see what the birds were up to. The big pond is still covered with quite a bit of ice, and all that seemed to be out (besides a few people walking their dogs) were bunches of testy Canada Geese and Mallards hanging out in the few small areas of open water. Here are a few photos.









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An Icy Lake Erie & An Eagle’s Nest In Mentor Ohio

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It seems like forever since we had a full day of clear skies and sunshine here. The winter months usually bring long, endless streaks of skies that are battleship gray in color, thanks to Lake Erie. With the sky a brilliant blue today, and lots of snow still on the ground, it was a good day for a visit to nearby Mentor Headlands Beach to see a frozen Lake Erie.

A special bonus along the way was seeing an eagle’s nest in the Mentor Marsh, less than a mile from the entrance to Mentor Headlands State Park. The nest is very visible from Route 44, and while this time of year the traffic is very light there, it is still not a good place to stop and bird watch. I was lucky to spot the nest on the way to the beach, so I was able to find the spot easily on the way out of Headlands. There was no traffic at all, so I stopped and took two quick photos of the nest, but no eagles were in sight. (It has been confirmed that they are indeed nesting there.)

Here are some photos of a very frozen Lake Erie and a very cold-looking beach, along with the eagle’s nest. I am so thankful to have such wonderful sights just a few miles from home.

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