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27 comments:
It's difficult enough with one baby at a time!
It certainly is!
Ducklightful ;-D
They don't have to worry about drowning at bathtime Miladysa :)
LOL, Anon! I read "are you ready?" and I thought, "yes!" and then I squealed at the cuteness of those ducklings!! :)
HAHA, everyone's got to love being flushed by ducklings Melissa ;)
The ducks chucky themselves in!
Off a plank and they wuddle in a puddle Captain Modroom9!
That's one really BIG and very cute family! Lucky you, watching those ducklings splashing around.
I was forced to eat lunch here for over an hour Red Mojo ;) There must some adopted ... thirteen ducklings and sure a couple were underwater when I counted!
They must not believe in birth control.
By the way the top picture is an award winning shot.
that open mouth in the first shot is soooooo cool! quack! quack!
the first one is laughing at me!!!
They don't believe in birth control Ces :) Notice how the sun shines out of the top one's bottom?
Quack quack KJ!
That's beacause you look like a "Rose" Simon!
Might as well, we need them for...why do we need them? They aren't especially Peking ducks! Have you ever had mallard eggs? I wonder how they would taste. I suppose they are high in cholesterol.
We need them for relaxing lunchtimes by a pond when need to wind down Ces. Not for eating their eggs!! Actually, these probably are the duck eggs eaten in old times ... before the ducklings hatch!! *sigh*
Oh yes, that is the reason. It is wonderful to see the ducks swim in water. I always love that sight. Thanks for reminding me.
Pleasure Ces. Now wind down .... ;)
I shall. Tah tah!
Good :) Tah tah Ces!
Those are Water Rabbits! BIG FAMILY!
I love Mallardsm when I hear the word "duck" it's a Mallard I see in my mind.
Hhheee, many confuse rabbits with chickens around Easter time Lapin Poulain. Ducklings also!!
That's probably also because there are so many Mallards around Debra Kay! They like to breed with other ducks ... Hahhaa
I've seen some rabbits lay some chocolate eggs! Yesyesyes! It's on teevee! :) They are called East Bunnies! Yup! I guess they come from East... :)HOP!
Lapin Poulain, please try not to believe everything you see on the television! Especially those extra short pieces of information between programs which want to trick you!
The mallards in Alaska are much more colorful - lots of blue/green feathers. And one of the most common birds, certainly ducks, so much so we hardly pay attention to them. I'll take some pictures when I get back home.
But it got me thinking. A lot birds we see in Alaska are more colorful and sing different because they go to AK to mate. When people see them in their winter homes, they look and sound different.
So what happens in the southern hemisphere? Are they (the mallards) just coming back for the winter now? Or getting ready to leave after summer? Where do they go?
The Arctic Terns come to Alaska all the way from Antarctica, but I don't think the mallards come from Australia.
Hi Steve, the top image is part a Pacific Black Duck but might have had orange feet which is why I put it into the Mallard category. The others are all female or immature which differ from the pure males with glossy green heads, white collar and chestnut breast with blue-violet wing patches. They were introduced in Australia by humans and are the same ones from the Northern hemisphere but the difference being Australian populations are more sedentary and only travel via human means. Whereas in the Northern Hemisphere the Mallards are strongly migratory. These stay in Australia and are pests because interbreed with the Natives. Also, because of the interbreeding, the way to spot a Northern Mallard here is by its yellow bill or orange feet. Click 'Mallard' in the sidebar for more information ... :)
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