Mallard Duck: Kennebunk, Maine, USA, March 2026 — “Here I am, just standing on my stone in the stream. Make what you will of it. I do not care!” (Now there is the anthropomorphic impulse at its finest and hard at work this morning.) Sony a6700. Sigma 16-300 at 300mm (cropped to something like 700mm equivalent field of view). Program with bird and wildlife modifications. Processed in Photomator.