Animal patterns: Aix galericulata
On lake Zurich there were also some black cormorants, greenish ducks and brownish sparrows … but somehow this mandarin duck was more attractive…
On lake Zurich there were also some black cormorants, greenish ducks and brownish sparrows … but somehow this mandarin duck was more attractive…
I know it is childish giving human feelings to animals… However, the recent notoriety this broken red bird acquired pushed me to entirely unveil its bad mood of that day. It’s a pity I cannot document if its apparent shower was voluntary or not. Click on the post picture to magnify
… and not all what flies at Zurich Zoo is in the Masoala Rain Forest. Pay a visit to this Swiss wonderful rain forest if you pass by! And click each picture for a full view. All birds shot with a Nikkor 70-200 mm VR II: do you know their names ?
Things are not always as they seem. Find it out by clicking on each picture.
I was waiting for you my master …

Under a curtain of white drops

I will give myself to you, my love.

And what you gifted me with your beak (on my neck)

And what you made me with your feet (on my back)

Will be lost in time, like droplets in the lake.

Click here for the full love R-rated story reportage or on each picture for bigger size. About some more feelings, I love this lens. Pictures shot against the sun at 200 mm, f/5, 1/1250, ISO 100.
Copyright 2011-2021 Lorenzo Borghi. All rights reserved

