Saturday, July 24, 2010

Watery Whack-A-Mole

On Reifel Island, we stopped at the warming room to watch the ducks below the deck:


Serene mother duck


One circling duckling

I dropped a handful of bird seed over the railing to encourage the ducks to stay close. It worked. A handful of adults swam over, and up-ended for a seed or two. But the ducklings - youngsters are always hungry - went wild, diving and surfacing and diving again, playing a splashing game of Whack-a-Mole.

We tried to get another photo, but we are such slowpokes:


Missed him.


Too late again!


Almost got two, there. Almost.


On the way down again.


And again.


Two!

Score: ducklings - a couple dozen; Laurie and I - two. That round goes to the ducks.

5 comments:

  1. I love watching our ducks. We named them. Chatty Cathy, never shut up (Like an Aunt Cathy of mine1!)
    And there was Oscar & Myrtle! We'll miss them!

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  2. Ducklings are so cute - and like you said, so fast! So are baby chickens. I tried to catch some yesterday, but they all turned out a blur.

    P.S. In that last shot the duckling left a splash shaped like a heart!
    Random Hearts would like to use this shot in a future Guest Heart Thursday! May I?

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  3. The ducks may have won that round, but I bet if you and Laurie jumped in the water and left the ducks to handle the camera, you could turn things around and win the match.

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  4. Hey, nice dive shots!

    What about that handy repeat button on the camera ... you can just click away and hopefully catch something.

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  5. Jenn; I like that. I'm always naming "my" animal friends, even the bugs.

    Clytie, Sure you can use the heart. And look in today's post: there's another one for you.

    Steve, I don't even want to imagine that; the mud must be deep there!

    Eileen, I always forget the repeat button until the need for it is over. :-(

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