Please, Sir.........Can I have some more?"

I love the sweet little tilt of the head you've captured so beautifully Keith, which has given you a great title.....I love anything to do with Dickens :-) It looks like you fed her well seeing the PiP, where she is totally relaxed!

Two superb pictures with excellent detail in the feathers of this gorgeous female mallard :-)

Sunday greetings.

Thank you Rosa.........I was in two minds as to which one would be the main image, so I'm chuffed you like my choice. As always your comments are very generous.

it's been a good Sunday, I hope yours has been the same.

sweet

Most beautiful

Happy Sunday!

Glad you think so Annemarie. Thank you.

So richtig treuherzig ist dieser Blick der Entendame lieber Keith,da hast du ja ein tolles Erlebnis gehabt und ganz tolle Nahaufnahmen gemacht,ist ja richtig schön,wie sie sich vor euch so plaziert hat,sehr fotogen ist sie :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Sonntag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))

Thank you Güni.............I know you like mallards, so I'm pleased you like these two photos.

I've had a really good day............and I hope you have too.

She looks sweet! :-)

Thank you Stephan.........I certainly thought so too.

Like Rosa I instantly noticed the slightly tilted head- adorable! You caught her so well, she really earned her food;-)

Thanks very much Gudrun...........much appreciated. You're very kind.

:-))) ! That’s a beautiful portrait, Keith !

I'm pleased you think so Ulrich..........thank you so much.

ja inderdaad Keith...zo kijkt hij ook voor een extra portie

Glad you like this lovely duck Fred............thanks very much.

Two great images and one great story Keith. After hearing a story from 'experts' saying that feeding bread to ducks etc was very bad for them, I really don't know now to applaud or decry people (and children) giving out bread to ducks and geese. Anyway if it gets you shots like these, I can't blame you for carrying on.

Enjoy the week. Herb

Thank you Herb............I'm pleased you like the photos and the story behind them.

Just to put your mind at rest..........we never feed bread to the ducks........we buy proper duck and swan food which are especially formulated floating pellets for them.

How delightful. You were honoured for her to eat from your hand. Gorgeous photos too.

Thank you Jenny............the ducks at Buriton are obviously used to people and are relatively tame, I think. Glad you like the photos.

Food is never enough, like for chicken. But this allows you to take two excellent portraits !

These are quite used to being fed by people I think. They'd probably struggle to find food if they were left on their own :-)))

Glad you like the portraits though.........and thanks for commenting Isabel.

Beautiful "Madam"****************************************

She is indeed Roséha..............glad you like her!

Two beautiful portraits, Keith! She looks really satisfied after you have so kindly provided lunch for her!

Thanks very much Eunice..............I think she was going to sleep it all off, at least until someone else comes along with food..!!

Great capture.

Many thanks John.

An excellent specimen!
Great image, Keith!

She was indeed.............thank you so much Judite.

Ich denke, du hast eine neue Freundin gewonnen.
Zwei wunderbare Aufnahmen mit feinen Details, Keith!

Ha, ha.........only because we had a bag of duck food..!! Glad you like the photos!

Das Lächeln, das sie Dir im PiP schenkt ist ein ganz Besonderes...ist das schön....wie Wilhelm schon schrieb, tolle Details!