Birds and more by the Water

My annual summer trip back to my home town. Went to the river yesterday afternoon.





Kayakers. The floats are for marking the lanes for rowing races - there are a lot of them held here.


An oriole




This robin was sunning himself


Lilies by the edge


Bank swallows


These *may* be barn swallows, I'm not sure.


The resident geese


A mallard mongrel


Even more so!


Closer to wild


And of course there are big Pekin ducks (her duckling is following her)


These must have had one of the mallardy ones for a dad


Look how ginormous they are compared to the little mallardy one behind them