Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Iridescent

Anas platyrhynchosA still can only capture one moment of the shifting iridescence of this Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). But what a moment in the later afternoon sun!

mthew

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One response to “Iridescent”

  1. selah

    lovely photo, not easy to capture the “purple headed” mallard when the sun hits it just right..

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