On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:11 -0400, "frank theriault" <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's one from my nature walk this morning. Not much exotic in the > fauna category, but it's always fun to watch a duck and her ducklings > toodling about a pond: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/keeping-close-watch.html > > Actually I wonder if they're all hers: I counted as many as eight > ducklings in one of the frames. Could she have "adopted" some > orphans? Maybe she's babysitting whilst a friend "sleeps on off"? >
Very cute. They probably are all hers. Some of the wood ducks around here will regularly produce up to a dozen (sometimes more) ducklings. Presumably quantity allows for the inevitable losses to foxes, hawks, reptiles, cats etc. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
