This is my entry for the Feathered Friends - Show Me A Photo Contest Round 75 which is hosted by 
My entry this week features just one feather! I saw this one beautiful feather as I was walking by the water at Loch Raven Reservoir in Baltimore County, Maryland. It was a very short trail and one that my husband and I had partially walked on a couple of other occasions. If we had known how short of a trail it actually was then we would have walked it entirely previously. Although short it was very pretty and lead us to different views of the water and landscape.
Anyway, while on our way back I spotted this gorgeous feather. I believe it may have been a goose feather and it appeared that even the sunlight was casting a spotlight on it as to capture my eyes to where it was laying on the grass near the water.
It was quite a good size feather and in a still beautiful condition!
I stopped to photograph that one beautiful feather and my hand ventured close to it as I very much wanted to pick it up and take it home with me. I stopped though and left the feather where it lay. I knew avian influenza had been reported in some parts of Maryland. Probably, it was fine but I didn't want to take anything home with me that could affect Jimmy our Sun Conure. As my husband walked over he also said it was best to leave it where it was but man, oh man, it was one beautiful feather! 馃挅
All photos and text by me 