Aqua Caliente Park....

I remembered going to Aqua Caliente Park last year and wanted to go back. I know these duck photos are nothing new....same ducks I was trying to get good shots of back home earlier this month! However, the water gives these beautiful colors and reflections and the ducks are sort of tame and easy to photograph :-) There is also a nice trail to hike through a cactus area and we see birds and other stuff there....if we get lucky.I certainly don't get close-ups like this at home! Ring-necked Duck.
I just loved the water....one minute blue and the next green and full of reflections.

The water on this one was so cool.

Mrs. Ring necked.

For me, to get to see them this close and see all the details was wonderful.

A pair of Wigeons.

Coming at me.

His colors look different when the light hits him different. I love his feathers....such a beautiful mix of patterns.

" Who's that Coot following us?"

I know....just a white duck...but it was a very clean and pretty white duck.

"One of these things is not like the others....."

I liked the way the turtles made a circle with their reflection :-)

I like this shot for the reflection of the grasses.....

.....same pair from a different spot.

Look at the nails on this guy.

This guy slithered across the path in front of us on the way back to our car.

A close-up. No real idea of what kind. Bull snake? (NOTE: I received a correction...Gopher Snake)

We think this is an Anna's Hummingbird. It was big and flying around in the cactus area. I have lots of cactus photos and will do a cactus post eventually.

Same hummer.

Showing off.

This we aren't sure about. We saw a pair of hawks (?) eagles(?) flying around and one landed on this nest. We are going to go back and try to see them better and figure out what they were. There are actually two nests in this tree or another large one nearby (can see them in a different photo from a different angle).

Well....my post is getting too long. I have so many photos I can't figure out how to post all of them.