I posted that my new website is up and running a couple of days ago and today I’m sharing that my new blog is also up and running. I decided to keep it separate from my main website so that if I ever change webhosts again, I won’t lose years of blog entries.
As for today’s photo, I’ve posted wood ducks and harlequin ducks, both of which are considered among the most beautiful duck species, but today I’m sharing a mandarin duck. I think these guys are probably THE most beautiful duck. As the name suggests, they are native to Asia but this one was photograph in a city park in Poland. Obviously imported to the park, the ducks were still able to fly and go where ever they wanted, but there were large numbers of them in the park along with mallards and other ducks.

I’ve had plenty of opportunities to photograph mountain chickadees since they nest in our backyard but had never photographed the more common black-capped chickadee, since we don’t get them. While I’ve seen them before, I’ve never had my camera with me, until this week when I went out purposely to photograph this little bird. They were in some pretty dense foliage so it was tough to get a clear image, but I did like the results of this one

My website is now on the hosting service and is live! I tried to keep it as similar to the old one as possible but there are differences. The biggest issue right now is that my blog posts are gone. I’m still debating if I’ll use the blog with the new host or find a separate blog service so if I need to switch my website again in the future, I won’t lose my blog posts. Feel free to check out the website and if you see anything weird, send me a message and let me know!

Switching gears again, I’m going back to an image today taken from outside Yellowstone National Park.  This one was also taken at the end of last year, rather than more recently, but wood ducks are at least among my most favorite ducks, if not my favorite, due to their colorful plumage.  This wood duck was just beginning to flap his wings and I really liked the pose here as opposed to when his wings were fully extended, which is typically the pose I personally prefer.