At first glance, it looked like a floating sheet of ice and dirty snow, slowly shifting in the currents of the Taunton River. My eyes adjusted and I started to pick out shapes. It was ducks. There are hundreds of ducks. The group of eiders were stretching and preening their wings when I looked through my camera lens. They floated in a giant eddy formed by a rocky islet below Tidal Falls. There was a bright sun and blue skies. I found the right spot in the search for wildlife to photograph. The Tidal Falls Preserve is a small parcel of land that overlooks a set of reversing falls. As the tide rises and falls, water flows through the narrow channel and over ledges to form rapids and spinning currents. There are at least eight tidal falls in Maine according to an online resource created by the Maine Sea Grant. Cobscook Falls is off the coast of Pembroke. I was not at Tidal Falls Preserve to view the falls that morning. I barely paid attention to the water. My focus was on the animals. A bird floats on a river. Credit is courtesy of Aislinn. I parked in the upper parking lot of the Frenchman Bay Conservancy when I arrived at the preserve. The property is owned by the State of Maine. A gate barred an unplowed driveway that led to a second parking lot that was closer to the water. The parking area and driveway are open during the warmer months. It is a place for people to relax and enjoy the view of the water. It is a great spot for land trust events. Dogs are allowed on other Frenchman Bay Conservancy properties, but not on the preserve. I left my dog in the car. The deer tracks were in the snow. I am not sure if I have ever seen so many in one place. I imagined a herd of deer on the lawn as I followed the tracks. I walked first to the octagonal observation deck that drew my attention. There was a raft of ducks floating below the falls. I spotted several of the gray-feathered birds through my camera lens, which are easy to overlook. I left the deck to walk across the snowy lawn and watch the red-breasted mergansers fishing. One of the female mergansers caught something large, but I could not tell what it was. A young bald eagle soars over the river. Credit is courtesy of Aislinn. A group of American black ducks were seen by me while I was looking at a rockweed covered ledge. Similar to female mallards, black ducks have a dark brown body with a pale brown-gray head. It is easy to spot the shift in hue. Black ducks have yellow bills, which makes them different from mallard females who have orange and black bills. A juvenile bald eagle appeared out of nowhere and flew straight at me, then turned and crossed the water to perch in a pine tree. The raptor's brown color caused it to all but disappear into the branches and needles. People are looking at a white eagle at Sequoyah National Wildlife refuge. 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