Molly showing her modesty!
Hello Hello people of the Hive and fellow feather friends lovers!
I hope that you are having a great week.
Today I needed some cheering up and thought that I would goto the park and take some female bird shots for the lastest edition of the smap contest.
Females of all varieties do put me in a good mood so let's go who we encountered!
First of all here are some formalities to open with.
This post is an entry for #SMaP Show Me A Photo Contest Round 68 The theme this week is FEMALE BIRDS
The picture below is my entry and it is of Molly the female Mallard
I love Mallard ducks, and typical of the bird world it is the males who are the more colourful, as you can Molly on the left has far more brown plumage than wannabe partner Martin on the right. One cute thing about female Mallards is that they usually have a blue feather in their midrift which reminds me of a colourful sash.
So that was my entry, but let's regale the story.
How it started
Martin had been eyeing up Molly from afar, and when she was preening herself, he took the chance to get in for a closer look!
Meanwhile Molly was practising her yoga
Molly was oblivious and carried on with her preening. Do you notice her gorgeous blue feather?
Martin did an about turn, and he had his vantage point now, to see what Molly was up to!
Not to be outdone, Martin joined in with the self preening fun!
Martin was wanting to move things along and went in for a closer look. By this point Molly was aware of Martin, perhaps his aftershave gave him away. I think she was saying do you like my Duck Lips!
Martin seemed to suddenly develop a bout of shyness and Molly, was like, fine whatever! Aren't all females alike no matter the species 🤣
Martin seemed to relent, and now it was Molly who was wooing him withe feminine charms!
Being the gentleman that I am, I gave them some peace and quiet and went in search of a blackbird or three, I did find one cute female, but I shall leave this post for Molly and Martin the modest Mallards!
Thank you so much for reading and a big thank you as always to @nelinoeva @oks2crypto @melinda010100 and @barbara-orenya for hosting the contest, judging it and sponsoring and having a brilliant Feather Friends community, which I urge you all to check out.
Thank you for this, as ever it was a fun one to photograph and write up😃
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Oh that is awesome, thank you:)
You're welcome @tengolotodo, that's a pleasure! Have a nice day 😊👍
Lovely captures and funny narrative of the antics of the mallards. The male is a handsome boy but I really like that blue feather on the pretty female.
Thank you so much @redheadpei I do like to put a narrative with my bird pictures and have a bit of fun in my posts, I do think that the blue feather makes the female prettier. Thanks for popping :)
Hahaha I can't help but giggle much with your story of them two! Such a fun read Tito Ed!
By what you said you needed cheering up, does that mean what I thought it is, your club didn't make it?
Lost on a penalty shoot out CJ, tough tough tough!
Yes they were a fun pair to watch:)
Oh... that's tough indeed. Hope they won't lose heart.
Martin sure knows how to play hard to get, lol!
Yes well life and football can be cruel!
Hehe I think he does, mind you so does she!
That's right Tito Ed and just as we always do, we can weather those cruel times!
Haha, can't deny that. Molly is a darling too.
Oh yes, onwards and upwards and enjoy your day CJ, bed for me now and oo she is a right wee darling:)
Have a good night Tito Ed, thanks for today :)
hehe salamuch CJ:)
I love this one Super Ed. I hope Molly and friends cheered you up :)
The blue feather is really cute 🪶💙
hehe oh females always cheer me up Super Eli 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah I love the blue feather, it makes elegant as well as beautiful!
I know wee rascal 🤣🤣🤣🤣 My granny would have said you're a 'picaflor' 😉😄😆.
A picaflor, hmm I have not heard of that one Super Eli!
Hehe, you have learned a new one. Picaflor is a hummingbird. But the word is also used for a man who likes to go from flower to flower;)
jaja
oh god I am in hysterics 🤣🤣🤣
ah a hummingbird is Picaflor , well I never knew either of their meanings
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Thank you for that Super Teacher
Jaja, you see, I cheered you up too and made you laugh 🤣🤣🤣
hehe you always do ...
but ... but ...
where is my daily gif!
Haha!😄😊 No gif today but an Ageese naughty pic playing with my laptop cable 😹🙀😸😺😽
It looks like Ageese is giving me the finger🤣
Would he be doing that? 😹😹😹😹
jeje he better not!
I know there is Ageese pizza, but seriously though it was a gorgeous picture,and he looks like he has grown so much!
He has grown up, yep, and in mischief too. 😂😻
Yep a cute wee rascal!
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LOL, what a story!
Molly and Martin, aren't they just like any other couple? 😀
Thank you again for your lovely entry.
lol yes I think they are hahaha
Oh well I just had to write a wee narrative for their poses so to speak!
thank you as always for doing this and having such wonderful themes!
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It the humor I love so much about this post made me stayed glued to the end.
Molly is not bad and I love martins move.
Nice one @tengolotodo my friend
I love this..
hehe thanks Johnsen, it is always fun to write something that is fun, I am so glad you liked it:)
OH there is Molly I see!!!
giving you a wee wave Mrs P:)
Hello Tito Ed, peeking in thru Dreemport :) Good morning to you when you wake up!
hehe hello CJ, glad you peeked in again and salamat and good morning to you when you wake up :)
Many thanks Tito Ed. Cheers to you on your Friday night :)
My pleasure, I have not seen any pics of your insects that you were doing for quite some time!
I have been wondering where they are actually, none have been visiting our yard since my last post. I think they have migrated, lol! There was one but not an insect, it was a snail hehe
haha snails are cool, and tasty in garlic butter🤣
Whaaaat!😭
Among all animals, feathered ones really are your favorite 😁
hehe I posted about a cat today, haha happy Caturday Jane 😄
😂😂 this is funny. See how you named birds and made a story out of their moments. I can't tell a male bird from a female bird. They all look same to me
hehe it does depend on the species of birds. Those ducks are easy to tell apart but many species, it is very hard!
I am glad you liked it, I do love to name birds and animals and write funny wee stories:)
You have any animal as pet?
Not now, I have had dogs and a cat in the past, what about you?
I don't have any pets but I would love to have a dog someday.
Dogs are so cool and loyal, really are fantastic animals to help you mentally as well!
Gotta give it up for my girl molly, she knows her game 😂
I hope she doesn’t settle cos Martin should not approach a lady without a gift not even a flower, do better Martin! 🙄
haha JW, yep Molly sure knows her game haha!
You are right, what was Martin thinking, no gift no flower no nothing, yea he was on a loser without bringing a gift right enough!
Yay! 🤗
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I enjoyed your narration. It was very creative and entertaining. Lovely shots by the way.
Thank you so much, I think it is fun to narrate our animal pictures, thanks for commenting I appreciate that and have a wonderful weekend:)
This was fun reading, made me smile! Thanks!
Cool I am glad that you liked it and thanks for visiting:)
My pleasure. Btw, saw that you are a Rangers fan. Damn, that final... so close. I'm from Finland but watching closely how Rangers are doing mainly because of our guy Glen Kamara.
oh shit so so so close, their goalie made an awesome save right at the end of extra time, i thought we had won it. yea penalties are a sick way to lose. Kamara is good but last season he was on fire this season has not been his best, a great player though:)
Yeah, wasn't his best season. But his got skill and relatively young. I can see him still developing.
He got a Scottish Cup Winners medal today, I hope he stays with us next season.
"it is the males who are the more colourful, as you can Molly on the left" seems like it should be "as you can see, Molly on the left..."
So, @tengolotodo, haven't you ever heard the adage that he chases her until she catches him? lol
Excellent narrative and storyline! I'll be looking for book 2 hahahahaha!!!
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I see what you did there!
Thank you for that, how typical to not see that I missed out see!
Hehe I do like that adage though, it does seem very appropriate James!
Book 2, oh I have so many stories about the animals I encounter, books 2 3and umpteen others are all over the place!
Fill up the drafts on Peakd hahahahaha!!! I have about 4 or 5 posts started, it's going to be awhile lol.
Have an awesome weekend Tengo!
haha I may well just start to do that!
Thank you and have a great one:)