Saturday Critters ~ 155 ~

As the ducks migrate for Winter, many stop over here,

or have settled in our area for the Winter.

If I were them, I would have continued flying, our Winters can get pretty darn cold.

Florida's just not that far off in duck flying miles.

Ruddy Duck

showing off his Winter wear.

Looking closely, the duck in the center is a 

Bufflehead

And the Hooded Merganser's are back, I have seen them before but only over Winter.

Here the Merganser's were hanging with the American Coot's.

It was a large group, not everyone is in the picture.

On this day, the ladies were easier to photograph.

She made a few passes back and forth, before joining the pack.

The boys seem to be sleeping, is this sleeping mode??

They all had their heads turned backward and tucked, just like the three pictured.

So - funny story -

While trying to get some "closer" images, the hubs noticed what appeared to be an abandon house.

Several are still abandon from Super Storm Sandy...

so we drove around to the house, I jumped out and wandered around to the back yard.

Unfamiliar with the property and it's "high's and lows" 

I almost ended up "in" the water trying to get closer to the ducks.

The moral of the story -

don't wander around alone, in some abandon back yard or you'll end up "in the drink".

That's what the hubs always says.

Sharing today's images with 
Eileen at Viewing Nature With Eileen 

Lake of the Lilies November 26, 2016