Muscovy Duck

This is a domesticated and well fed Muscovy Duck. The domesticated ones are similar in color to the wild ones, but these domesticated ones are much larger than the wild ones. Photographed at Scott's Landing Marina on Grapevine Lake in Texas on October 19, 2009.

The Gulls of Sand Bass Point

Many people consider gulls a nusiance, but I enjoy photographing them because they are so graceful in flight. The gulls below are Ring-billed Gulls. (Larus delawarensis) Click photo to enlarge.