Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: ducks

By the Grand River (where else?) in downtown Grand Ledge, Michigan.

Color version of the next photo to the right, at Pam J 's request. FWIW, I prefer the monochrome.

One last Dimondale photo. Best if you Lightbox this one by clicking on the picture.

Black Ducks, I expect, at least those in front. On the Grand River in Grand Ledge, Michigan.

At the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. As photographic outings go, this one was pretty darned good.

As I said: The water's green . The Kellogg Bird Sanctuary calls this "The Lagoon." It's a little pond beside Wintergreen Lake (which is in the background of the photo), and it serves as both a display area and a sanctuary-within-the-sanctuary for the sorts of birds who nest beside little ponds. Of course, these particular nesting birds are pretty tolerant of humanity. It's also the first thing I see when I visit. There are several routes a person might take through the Sanctuary, but I've always begun by taking the stairway down to the lake, and the lagoon, right inside the Sanctuary's entrance. Because I like this view, basically. You don't see it unless you walk down those steps.

Grand Ledge, Michigan.

On the Grand River in Eaton Rapids.

Traverse City.

These guys, and dozens of their friends, were taking advantage of the open water in the marina at Northport. They really didn't seem to want any company.

On the Grand River, in downtown Grand Ledge.

Shot by my father, Roger Dinda, in 1954; scanned from a slide. This is the photograph I've seen most often in my life, because it lived in Dad's projector as the default slide. It cleaned up nicely. On the day Dad was born, the nation was cheering Lindy , and raising money to rescue New Orleans . He'd have been 79 today.

My dad took this in 1960. Obviously it could have been taken pretty much anywhere, but this is likely Wintergreen Lake at the WK Kellogg Bird Sanctuary--north of Battle Creek. I think that thing in the lower left corner is a fence to keep the birds and people separated. Camera: Argus C3

One last view of Second Island's bridge in downtown Grand Ledge. Shot from where the local kids come to feed the birds . There seem to be several generations of retaining walls holding the island together. I like that.

Downtown Grand Ledge, again. The ducks have noticed that someone's feeding their friends by the bridge. Here they come! The Grand River; Second Island (Island Park) to the right. Shot from the Second Island bridge.

I take lots of photos of ducks, mostly because I tend to hang out where ducks hang out. Every now and then I need to post one of those pics. I'd been photographing something else when these birds landed just a few feet from where I was watching. Obviously they're accustomed to having folks just standing around on the hotel's beach.... Traverse City, Michigan.

Camera: Chinon Genesis III Ducks, on the pond at Meijer Gardens, on a grey day in 1997.