Bridlewood Wetlands Park 8 - Calgary, Alberta

2022 - May 16

On my way home from an early morning setting Full Moon shot I wanted to, and did, capture, on May 16th, I thought to myself..I should stop in at the Bridlewood Wetlands Park ponds. It's been a couple of weeks since I'd had a visit there, and it was a really nice morning weather-wise..sure, why not. I'm quite glad I did. Here's some of what I saw when I was there.

Ruddy Ducks (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Ducks (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Red-necked Grebe pair gathering some home building materials, Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Mallard (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

These next couple of photos (below) give a real sense of just how small these Ruddies are. Compared to a Mallard, they are about half their size. It's just too bad I seemed to have caught them at their down/sleepy time, as they're not really doing much activity wise..but I think, also, that's part of the reason why I was able to get some reasonably close-up shots of them. I'll take 'em :)

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Ducks (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Mallard (female), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

American Robin, Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Redhead (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Redhead pair, Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Mallard (female), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Mallard (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Injured (face) Mallard (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

American Coot (close-up), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

Ruddy Duck (male), Bridlewood Wetlands Park, Calgary, Alberta - May 16th

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