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| Ducks on the Clinton River at Rochester, Michigan |
I think they were waiting to be fed by passers by. Meanwhile at Saltholme Nature Reserve near Middlesbrough in England no one would attempt to feed this water bird.
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| Coot at RSPB Saltholme |
There is another nature reserve adjacent to the River Tees at Stockton.
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| Herons at Portrack Nature Reserve |
The smaller birds round the island are plovers (also called peewits or lapwings) presumably there for a drink or what they could find in the mud.
At Fowey in Cornwall I found this steaming along.
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| Steamboat in Fowey Estuary |
My daughter was in that boat on a short trip round the harbour in 2008.
Finally we have a stand off.
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| Gem, Cody and Lily |
But which one will get that floating ball.
Hope you liked my selection of water shots; more interesting to me than photos of big ships. But don't let that stop you sailing across to Carmi's Thematic-photographic-229
