Duck Migration at Dusk

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[Mira]

1. That top one really has it going on. These really spell autumn!

Were you out in the water? or on the other shore.
Did you have to jump up and down a long time to make the ducks do that?

;-)

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4. we were at the mouth of the creek

Where it goes into the Tennessee River. It is a good place to fish. :)

Ha, ha. You should HEAR those ducks. We were way across the river from them and they really make a racket. No way they would have noticed my jumping up and down. It is fun to watch them swarm together.

[Adsos Letter]

2. Must be nice to live in a place where Fall presents so splendidly!

These are very nice; they remind me of the huge flocks that used to migrate over our area, now long diminished. :(

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3. these will be diminished too

I should have posted the pic where the guys were building the duck blind!! There is some serious hunting going on around here. I'm not sure exactly what the rules are because a big part of the place is a national wildlife preserve.

As for fall, the only reason it seems to show up at all is because it was at dusk, I think. There was just a lot more orange light from the sun. It isn't a spectacular fall........yet, anyway. But it is changing fast, from one day to the next. We probably won't go back for the height of the leaves.

I posted the picture for the DUCKS because I figured a lot of people here might never have seen such a sight. It is pretty cool! It wasn't really for any photographic value, though I suppose I might consider one for the fall pic.

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5. We live on a flyway for Canadian Geese...

When I was a kid (decades ago!) we used to see enormous flights heading south. Nowadays, they have so greatly reduced both population and open water areas, that we rarely see such sights. :(

The Tennessee River is beautiful! I spent a wonderful August afternoon at Shiloh Battlefield/Pittsburgh Landing on a cross country road trip a couple of years ago. The beauty of the place was inspiring.

Here is a shot I took at Shiloh with my Sony DSC H-2, now in great need of repair since the Marshall Islands disaster of earlier this year :D :



EDIT: ...speeling... :dunce:

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6. Shiloh is near Pickwick Dam

Shiloh is a good place to visit. Where we go is not that far from where I-40 crosses the river--probably sixty or so miles north of there. From Kentucky Dam to Wheeler Dam just makes a great flyway for migrating birds. I feel that Canadian geese are making a comeback big time.

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7. I arrived at Shiloh on an exceptionally pleasant early-August day, late in the afternoon, about 5ish

The rangers were just getting ready to close the museum, but they said the gate would remain open until about sundown (which was between 8 and 8:30) and that I was welcome to stay.

It was a gorgeous, clear sky, very low humidity, not too hot. There was only one other car of visitors there the whole time. I was pretty familiar with the story of the battle, and I had two relatives who fought there on the Union side.

All in all, it was a very moving experience.

[Maestro]

8. I'll be expecting them.

Nice light, fall colors and the numbers look enormous.