{"id":14782,"date":"2021-11-12T06:31:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T11:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=14782"},"modified":"2021-11-12T06:31:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T11:31:19","slug":"music-loving-mallards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=14782","title":{"rendered":"Music loving Mallards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"14781\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=14781\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dsc03839.jpg?fit=2000%2C1371&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1371\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-RX10M4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1636645717&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;212.77&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dsc03839\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dsc03839.jpg?fit=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dsc03839.jpg?fit=904%2C620&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dsc03839.jpg?resize=904%2C620&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dsc03839.jpg?resize=1024%2C702&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dsc03839.jpg?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dsc03839.jpg?resize=768%2C526&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dsc03839.jpg?resize=1536%2C1053&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dsc03839.jpg?resize=904%2C620&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dsc03839.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dsc03839.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mallard ducks: Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters, Wells, Maine, USA \u2014 the only thing special about this pair of Mallards from Branch Brook at Rachel Carson is that they were apparently music lovers\u2026either that or they just came downstream to see what the awful racket was as I sat on the observation deck by the marsh playing my Native American Style flute. \ud83d\ude42 (Of course it is almost impossible to make anything resembling a racket with a NAS flute\u2026it is a naturally melodic instrument\u2026which is why I play it.) They were still shy. Once I noticed them, cruising down under the bank, and stoped playing to take a few photos, they circled back upstream, and then when I started to play again, got up and flew away right in front of me toward the junction of Branch Brook with the Merriland River across the marsh. I wish I had had my camera up at that point\u2026but at least I played them away on their journey. Sony Rx10iv at 580mm equivalent. Processed in Polarr and Apple Photo. 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