Duckling update

Harryb

Hi you'll,

Just the latest installment of my serie sof pics on our Black-bellied Whistling Ducks and their ducklings. We started out with 24 ducklings in July and currently are holding at 9 surviving ducklings. I previously posted pics of them here and here and here and here
Now here are the latest shots of them. You can see that they have now lost all their earlier banding and are starting to look like their parents.



They are also emulating their parents' actions








they are in constant motion


and just a lot of fun to watch

Rohirrim

Nice series Harry

Harryb

Thanks Steve

Ric Grupe

Actually 9 ain't so bad. There could easily be none.

Another sweet bunch, Harry.

Steve Cavigliano

Harry,

Really nice series and nice to hear that 9 are still with us As Ric points out, it could have been 0 :cry 9 out of 24 is close to my shooting average..... OK, so it's closer to 1 out of 24

I really enjoyed the mimicing duckling shots. Like they are trying to say "hey, lookit me, I'm all growed up".......lol

Steve

bfjr

Thanks Harry
for keeping us up to date on the duckies, feel like I know em well
sorry there are not more :cry but of course glad to hear about the nine

Your shots of them are all expressive and clearly show us what is going on, well done

Harryb

Ric Grupe wrote:

Actually 9 ain't so bad. There could easily be none.

Another sweet bunch, Harry.

Thanks a lot Ric. I agree about the 9 not being bad. Last year we started out with two parents and 12 ducklings. At the end of the season there was only one duckling and one parent surviving.

Harryb

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Harry,

Really nice series and nice to hear that 9 are still with us As Ric points out, it could have been 0 :cry 9 out of 24 is close to my shooting average..... OK, so it's closer to 1 out of 24

I really enjoyed the mimicing duckling shots. Like they are trying to say "hey, lookit me, I'm all growed up".......lol

Steve

Hey Steve,

Thanks. Its been a lot of fun capturing these guys at the different stages of their development.

iceman17

Another great series Harry,I just cant imagine ducks being taken out by gators,but then again I cant imagine water having gators in it.Thanks for keeping us updated...ice

jwear

nice work Harry feel lucky the other day my walk was just a lot of dead birds they say they record all they find but never have a thing to say as why or what

gluwater

Nice series Harry. You're like a happy father like Gubbs and 4Labs .

Harryb

bfjr wrote:

Thanks Harry
for keeping us up to date on the duckies, feel like I know em well
sorry there are not more :cry but of course glad to hear about the nine

Your shots of them are all expressive and clearly show us what is going on, well done

Hey Ben,

Thanks for the kind words. Irs been fun following these guys around the last few months. I'm thrilled that so many are surviving at this point they are doing much better than last year.

Harryb

iceman17 wrote:

Another great series Harry,I just cant imagine ducks being taken out by gators,but then again I cant imagine water having gators in it.Thanks for keeping us updated...ice

Thanks Ice, I appreciate your response. This may help your imagination

Harryb

jwear wrote:

nice work Harry feel lucky the other day my walk was just a lot of dead birds they say they record all they find but never have a thing to say as why or what

Thanks Jeff. Sorry to hear about those dead birds. Any explanation yet?

Harryb

gluwater wrote:

Nice series Harry. You're like a happy father like Gubbs and 4Labs .

Thanks Nick. I do check this guys out first when I hit the wetlands. I am always relieved when I see that there have been no casualties since my last visit.