Ribbons of Color
The golden evening light reflects on the lake's blue waters, creating an enchanting backdrop for this exotic mandarin drake!
Kirkland Marina Park
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Dressed to Impress
The male mandarin duck's head looks like a punk rocker's multicolored mohawk. Beneath his beady black eyes, fringed orange feathers splay across his dark purple chest. His bill is colored a striking hot pink and sits under an emerald green forehead. The orange sail is an elongated tertial feather.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Harmony
They may not be of the same feather, but the mandarin and mallard drakes get along quite well, serenely perched on a rock outcropping!
Kirkland Marina Park
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Sleepy Head
The male mandarin duck's head looks like a punk rocker's multicolored mohawk. Beneath his beady black eyes, fringed orange feathers splay across his dark purple chest. His bill is colored a striking hot pink and sits under an emerald green forehead. The orange sail is an elongated tertial feather.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Zen
These mandarin and mallard drakes are totally in a zen state of mind.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Majestic Mandarin Drake
Widely regarded as the world's most beautiful duck, the mandarin is a native of China and Japan.
Rarely seen in the PNW, this exotic bird was basking in the sunshine in a local park!
Kirkland Marina Park
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Basking in the Sunshine
This stunning mandarin drake takes a nap as he basks in the glorious spring sunshine!
Kirkland Marina Park
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Exotic Mandarin Drake
The male mandarin duck's head looks like a punk rocker's multicolored mohawk. Beneath his beady black eyes, fringed orange feathers splay across his dark purple chest. His bill is colored a striking hot pink and sits under an emerald green forehead. The orange sail is an elongated tertial feather.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Wing Flapping
The mandarin duck is a perching duck species native to the East Palearctic. It is medium-sized, at 41-49 cm long with a 65-75 cm wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, the only other member of the genus Aix.
22 Apr 2021
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A Mellow Mandarin Drake
The mandarin duck is a perching duck species native to the East Palearctic. It is medium-sized, at 41-49 cm long with a 65-75 cm wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, the only other member of the genus Aix.
22 Apr 2021
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Just A Little Sip
The drake mandarin's display is highly ritualized, and includes raising the crest and the orange sails, and ritualized drinking and preening behind the sail.
Kirkland Marina Park
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An Explosion of Color
The male mandarin duck's head looks like a punk rocker's multicolored mohawk. Beneath his beady black eyes, fringed orange feathers splay across his dark purple chest. His bill is colored a striking hot pink and sits under an emerald green forehead. The orange sail is an elongated tertial feather.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Mandarin Drake Dance
The mandarin duck is a perching duck species native to the East Palearctic. It is medium-sized, at 41-49 cm long with a 65-75 cm wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, the only other member of the genus Aix.
This amusing stance appears like an animated dance!
22 Apr 2021
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A Walk in The Park
The mandarin duck is a perching duck species native to the East Palearctic. It is medium-sized, at 41-49 cm long with a 65-75 cm wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, the only other member of the genus Aix.
22 Apr 2021
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Mandarin Drake Yoga Pose 1
It's absolutely fascinating to see all the ways this supple mandarin drake could twist his head and neck into various lithe and amusing contortions as he dozed off and when he preened himself.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Mandarin Drake Yoga Pose 2
It's absolutely fascinating to see all the ways this supple mandarin drake could twist his head and neck into various lithe and amusing contortions as he dozed off and when he preened himself.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Mandarin Drake Yoga Pose 3
It's absolutely fascinating to see all the ways this supple mandarin drake could twist his head and neck into various lithe and amusing contortions as he dozed off and when he preened himself.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Mandarin Drake Yoga Pose 4
It's absolutely fascinating to see all the ways this supple mandarin drake could twist his head and neck into various lithe and amusing contortions as he dozed off and when he preened himself.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Mandarin Drake Yoga Pose 5
It's absolutely fascinating to see all the ways this supple mandarin drake could twist his head and neck into various lithe and amusing contortions as he dozed off and when he preened himself.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Mandarin Drake Yoga Pose 6
It's absolutely fascinating to see all the ways this supple mandarin drake could twist his head and neck into various lithe and amusing contortions as he dozed off and when he preened himself.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Mandarin Drake Yoga Pose 7
It's absolutely fascinating to see all the ways this supple mandarin drake could twist his head and neck into various lithe and amusing contortions as he dozed off and when he preened himself.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Mandarin Drake Yoga Pose 8
It's absolutely fascinating to see all the ways this supple mandarin drake could twist his head and neck into various lithe and amusing contortions as he dozed off and when he preened himself.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Mandarin Drake Yoga Pose 8
It's absolutely fascinating to see all the ways this supple mandarin drake could twist his head and neck into various lithe and amusing contortions as he dozed off and when he preened himself.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Mandarin Drake Yoga Pose 10
It's absolutely fascinating to see all the ways this supple mandarin drake could twist his head and neck into various lithe and amusing contortions as he dozed off and when he preened himself.
Kirkland Marina Park
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Heavenly Tulips
The stunning display garden at RoozenGaarde is a tulip heaven!
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival at RoozenGaarde
Mount Vernon, WA
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Stately Tulip Garden
"Dutch tulips from their beds
Flaunted their stately heads."
~ James Montgomery
RoozenGaarde Display Garden
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
Mount Vernon, WA
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Tulip Passion
RoozenGaarde Display Garden
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
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Imperfect Beauty
A tulip forms quite differently than the others in the garden, and yet its imperfection creates a unique beauty that catches one's attention!
RoozenGaarde Display Garden
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
Mount Vernon, WA
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The Glory of The Skies and Tulips
"I set out to find my peace in the skies and the tulips, in the howling of the winds, in the rain under the shed and it was right there residing within me. "
~Suyasha Subedi
21 Apr 2021
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Cherry Blossom Splendor
"The cherry blossom tree is truly a sight to behold, especially when it is in full riotous bloom."
~ Homaro Cantu
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Majestic Cascades
The snow-capped Cascade Mountains rise majestically to the east above Bellevue, as captured from a hilltop overlook in Seattle!
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Spring Juxtaposition
From a little-known hilltop overlook in Seattle, you can see some picturesque views in several directions. Here's one of some cherry blossoms in full bloom, with evergreen trees, Downtown Bellevue and the snow-capped Cascade Mountains to the east!
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Cherry Blossom Urban Oasis
The splendor of cherry blossoms brings wondrous delight to city life in Seattle!
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own."
~ Charles Dickens
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Cherry Blossom Canopy
"In the cherry blossom's shade
there is no such thing as a stranger."
~ Kobayashi Issa
Sometimes you don't have to venture too far to experience the wondrous delights of spring! Blessed to live near this enchanting street in my Seattle neighborhood.
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Cherry Blossom Dream
"When the mind is really absent, in that silence, in that unlimited space, your potential starts glowing , radiating, flowering,. Suddenly you are full of cherry blossoms, a new presence, a new fragrance."
~ Rajneesh
Washington Park Arboretum
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Cherry Blossoms Along the Bough
"Loveliest of trees the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough."
~ A.E. Housman
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Beneath the Magnolia Tree
Early blooming magnolia trees can be seen on many Seattle streets, and this is just one of them!
23 Mar 2021
* Featured by King 5 Seattle on their Instagram page on 24 Mar 2021.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CM2GdjVDE1W/magnolia blossomspringspring blossomnatureseattlespring flowerspring floralslideshow
Wonderful Wisteria
The weepy and wonderful wisteria is in full bloom at the Seattle Japanese Garden, perfuming the air with its heady fragrance!
Seattle Japanese Garden
13 May 2019
* Featured by Curiocity in their article
"Add This Gorgeous Garden Tea Ceremony To Your Summer Bucket List" on 24 May 2019.
https://curiocity.com/seattle/lifestyle/add-this-gorgeous-garden-tea-ceremony-to-your-summer-bucket-list/?fbclid=IwAR0f4DVtvT9Ib7qcfS0s8aPd_3yd29vZxPA3N1n0CFU0riC9iPF5LqqVHIc
* Featured on KOMO News TV by Shannon O'Donnell during her 11 PM weather forecast on 13 May 2019.
https://www.facebook.com/emeritalwheeling/videos/620316368466556/wisteriaspringgardennaturejapanese gardenpergolapondflowerfloralseattle japanese gardenseattleslideshow
Spring Blooms
Gorgeous tulips and daffodils - oh my!
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival at RoozenGaarde
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