Showing posts with label birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birds. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Wings Of Faith ...

 “The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.”

              ~ J.M. Barrie

                  ~ 1860 ~ 1937

           ~  from “The Little White Bird”

                  ~ 1902

    ~ Barrie is the creator of Peter Pan, who first appeared in “The Little White Bird”

A female mallard duck takes flight over Monocacy Falls on a beautiful November afternoon at Monocacy Park, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


 

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Muscovy Over The Monocacy ...

 “An optimist is someone who figures that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s the bluebird of happiness.”

              ~ Robert Brault

           ~ Freelance writer who has contributed to magazines & newspapers in the United States

                      for over 50 years

Muscovy ducks drink in the beauty of an early November afternoon atop Monocacy Falls before its waters spill into Monocacy Creek on an autumn day at Monocacy Park, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


 

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Merganser On The Banks Of Spring ...

“In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence.”

     ~ Robert Wilson Lynd

        ~ 1879 ~ 1949

~ Irish writer, editor of poetry, urbane literary essayist & strong Irish nationalist

A female common merganser soaks up the beauty of a mid-April afternoon on the banks of the Saucon Creek just off the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania.

The common merganser or goosander is a large seaduck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, Asia & North America. The common merganser eats fish and nests in holes in trees.