I might use the word "precious"
May 14, 2022 09:10:52 #
nimbushopper wrote:
Thanks. I appreciate the thumbs - and the direction they're pointing.
May 14, 2022 09:15:03 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
I agree with Joe about #2. The water patterns add a great deal of interest.
Thanks, Linda. The light was just right. It sure made that pond look pretty!
May 14, 2022 09:16:52 #
May 14, 2022 09:20:06 #
lmTrying wrote:
I looked up the driveway the other day to see two adults walking 11 or 12 youngins. These creatures are more social than most people realize. The adults take turns watching each other's kids so the other adults can go take a flight, or do whatever a couple of adults like to do. I watch this over and over behind my house.
If my Dad was still alive, he'd probably spend days in my backyard just watching them.
If my Dad was still alive, he'd probably spend days in my backyard just watching them.
I knew that the mums would babysit, so I looked around for another set of parents. It was a good sized pond, but we saw most of it and only saw one set of adults. I could spend a lot of time watching those ducklings.
May 14, 2022 09:36:15 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
Nice captures! That’s a huge flock of ducklings - do you think the Mama duck adopted several from an abandoned clutch of eggs?
Stan
Stan
May 14, 2022 10:04:45 #
That is one heck'uva brood, Kathy...got dizzy trying to count them on the log!!
May 14, 2022 10:26:53 #
I know that Canada geese will sometimes manage a brood of not only their own chick, but others as well. Do you suppose these ducks, what ever they are, so the same. I just can’t imaging this “mother” successfully laid and hatched that many ducklings.
May 14, 2022 10:33:07 #
StanMac wrote:
Nice captures! That’s a huge flock of ducklings - do you think the Mama duck adopted several from an abandoned clutch of eggs?
Stan
Stan
I don't know, Stan. That was my supposition, but I saw no evidence of another pair. Thanks!
May 14, 2022 10:33:50 #
jederick wrote:
That is one heck'uva brood, Kathy...got dizzy trying to count them on the log!!
You should have seen us watching them! They just kept coming and coming and coming!
May 14, 2022 10:35:12 #
Nalu wrote:
I know that Canada geese will sometimes manage a brood of not only their own chick, but others as well. Do you suppose these ducks, what ever they are, so the same. I just can’t imaging this “mother” successfully laid and hatched that many ducklings.
I couldn't imagine it either. I asked at the visitor's center, and they didn't know of another pair on the pond. I googled it and found that it is possible. Not probable, but possible.
May 14, 2022 11:06:06 #
AzPicLady wrote:
to describe these little guys! I found them in a wild pond. I couldn't believe how many there were!
Proud mama! Thanks for sharing.
May 14, 2022 11:14:24 #
Precious fits! Fortunately they seem to herd better than children or cats! Very appealing subject.
May 14, 2022 11:40:23 #
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May 14, 2022 12:10:34 #
Nice ones, Kathy.
--Bob
--Bob
AzPicLady wrote:
to describe these little guys! I found them in a wild pond. I couldn't believe how many there were!
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