black bellied Ducklings

Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
edited July 29, 2005 in Wildlife
I was surprised when I glanced down and saw this brood enter the water..last year at the wetlands there was one lone duckling left after the gators decided they were good lunch...

hopefully this year we will have a higher survival rate:

I could not get an accurate count ; but somewhere around 2 dozen..
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Not sure what this guy is..anyone??
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  • luckydogluckydog Registered Users Posts: 396 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2005
    Is that a night heron??

    Cool ducklings. What a strange but trendy colour pattern they have :D
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2005
    Hey Trish,

    Thats great news. There probably will be more ducklings later as last year there was only one pair of ducks in the Wetlans. This year there are 6-8 pairs at least.

    The second shot is a Least Bittern.
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  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2005
    luckydog wrote:
    Is that a night heron??

    Cool ducklings. What a strange but trendy colour pattern they have :D
    They are very cool! They look like bumble bees with beaks..:D
  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Trish,

    Thats great news. There probably will be more ducklings later as last year there was only one pair of ducks in the Wetlans. This year there are 6-8 pairs at least.

    The second shot is a Least Bittern.
    harry..i was so excited to see these guys today! I just hope the damn gators leave them alone. I even went back this evening at sunset to make sure they were ok. they were in their hiding place and out of harms way.
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited July 28, 2005
    That is what I was thinking: a bumblebee that even I could like! Adorable.

    Down with gators! What purpose do they serve ecologically, they must be useful in some way, most things are.

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  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    That is what I was thinking: a bumblebee that even I could like! Adorable.

    Down with gators! What purpose do they serve ecologically, they must be useful in some way, most things are.

    g
    ginger,

    I hope to get few better shots as time goes on. They truly surprised me!

    Gators...they give me the creeps! I could live without them for sure!!!
  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited July 29, 2005
    Awwwww they are so cute Trish iloveyou.gif You captured them nicely, along with the in flight bittern thumb.gifthumb.gif

    Are you sure it was gators that decimated the last brood? I see lots of ducklings picked off by Night Herons out here :cry I sure hope the majority of the ones you shot make it to adulthood :D

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  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited July 29, 2005
    Awwwww they are so cute Trish iloveyou.gif You captured them nicely, along with the in flight bittern thumb.gifthumb.gif

    Are you sure it was gators that decimated the last brood? I see lots of ducklings picked off by Night Herons out here :cry I sure hope the majority of the ones you shot make it to adulthood :D

    Steve
    Hiya Steve,

    They are so cute. I am not sure what ate most of them, but a gator was seen chomping one...so we can only assume..
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