Local Ducks, March 2013

A stroll to my old stomping grounds at Chandler Pond and the Charles River, on a relatively warm day.

A pair of mallards,
Anas platyrhyncos

American Black Duck,
Anas rubripes

Song Sparrow,
Melospiza melodia

Song sparrow

Song sparrow

Same Black Duck again

Black Duck once more

Mourning Dove,
Zenaida macroura

This is a female

Searching for seeds or other food

Male mourning dove, cooing

Male mourning dove

Mallard hen, grooming

Red-breasted merganser,
Mergus serrator
(female)

Canada geese,
Branta canadensis