A Sublime Sunday with the Water Birds

My share for this weekend's #sublimesunday post, as inspired by @c0ff33a. The share happened along Lake Michigan, just north of downtown Chicago.

I really can't take credit for getting all of these birds in one area. There was a very friendly older woman who was in this area before me. She was passing out birdseed to a small gathering of waterfowl, and the birds were happy to eat. I walked out onto a concrete peer and started to take some photos of the lake...once she left, I walked over to the same area. The birds were most curious!

The Canadian Goose, always so confident...the first to come up to me, then after realizing I had no food, walked away. Fortunately, there were others still in the area.

My favorites are always the mallards...the male and female pairs are always fun to take photographs of when out and about. Thanks to the lake being a freshwater lake, I'm sure this couple was happy to be in the area for the feast.

Then there is always the seagull...always hovering, always present, and always fearless. This is the second time in this area that these birds have come close to me. The true guardians of the lake...always hungry and fearless.

I'm always a sucker for the birds...wherever they might be and wherever I might find them. One of the goals I had this year was to get more involved with bird photography, and after a few experiments, I think I'm slowly getting better. As always, they move so fast, for the most part...I simply need to be quicker too!

That's it for me for this weekend...I hope everyone had a wonderful #sublimesunday too!