Posted by alexandra_k on December 15, 2004, at 14:50:21
In reply to Re: sorry you have to clean your room :(, posted by Jai Narayan on December 15, 2004, at 7:29:44
Nope, I haven't named them. They aren't blue on one side, but they have a blue bit on both sides.
http://www.nzbirds.com/Mallard.html
I think they may be grey / mallard crossbreed, but maybe the females don't have blue heads and maybe the males (if there are any) haven't turned blue yet??? I dunno. Turns out duck hunting season is nowhere near (it says on that page). Just me mumbling on about what I know nothing about once again... The duck sound like they are pretty much everywhere - but I had thought there were more than usual around places where shooting wasn't allowed.
It is actually summer here, would you believe. It is at its hottest in Jan / Feb though. You wouldn't know it is summer at the moment. Just wet and windy like spring indeed.
> You know if you make those ducklings people friendly by feeding them....they may not be safe out in the wild world.
Yeah, I wondered about that... But I figure one could use the same argument for being mean to ones children! Seriously, though, most people are noisey and chase them, and hunters consider it unsporting to lure them with food and shoot them on the ground so I figure they will work it out ok. Was worried about teaching them to scavange. And worried about the nutritional value of bread... any idea of that one?
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