The great blue heron and egrets we had seen on previous visits were nowhere to be found, and there wasn’t a single duck anywhere, which was odd, but there were a number of geese at the gardens.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

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We decided to take a drive out to Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, situated 15 minutes from home near the DC-Maryland border. Although we always go for the annual water lily and lotus festival, we thought we'd see what was there in advance of it. It was disappointing that there weren't many birds, but we did find a few other things of interest to photograph.

The effect, posted earlier: