Northwest Astro » Nature & Wildlife http://www.nwastro.net Exploration and Photography of Space from the Pacific Northwest Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:23:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Local Ducks http://www.nwastro.net/2008/09/local-ducks/ http://www.nwastro.net/2008/09/local-ducks/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:00:14 +0000 Northwest Astro http://www.zedonline.net/?p=32 Duck in Pond

Duck in Pond

Another quickie post on the local wildlife.

Our apartment complex tends to attract ducks and migrating geese passing through. The complex is dotted with small man-made ponds which are hooked up to a drainage system in case of heavy rains. Outside of the drainage, they are left to develop naturally, and so it attracts the ducks as a source of food. While taking this photo along with a couple others that haven’t been posted yet, one of the ducks even tried to capture and eat a dragonfly.

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Racoon

Didn’t get any good viewing tonight, but the local raccoon decided to make an appearance. I didn’t get a chance to take a picture while it was still on the ground as it was already climbing the tree when I noticed it.

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