Day 66/183: Ducklings

[nanila]

You know how I usually select only two or three photos out of the hundreds I take to put into a journal post? Yeah, I didn’t do that this time. I figured we could all do with some duckling photos, so here are a dozen or so.

All these little fluffballs are only a few days old at most, and all of the mother ducks we’ve encountered have been trailing ten or more behind them.


Exploring the overflow sluice.


Clambering out of the overflow sluice.



The Huddle.


Dabbling on the canal’s edge.


Arriving on consensus view about the future direction of travel can be a challenge.


Back to the huddle.


Thisaway.


Mummy duck demonstrates best dabbling technique.


Staying close.


Keeping up.


Wait for meeeee.


Back to the mothership, maintaining close formation.

Comments

[rmc28]

<3

[nanila]

♥

[rmc28]

I showed them to Nico, who was utterly delighted with them, and made a lot of high-pitched AWWWW noises.

[kotturinn]

Little fluffy corks!

[nanila]

Best description! :D

[hilarita]

That's a lot of little ducklings.

When I was spending a lot of time on the river, my favourites were always baby coots!

[nanila]

I love baby coots. So prehistoric. You can really see the dinosaur in them. They haven't appeared yet!

[corvidology]

Well, the ducklings have certainly cheered up my day!

[nanila]

Aw, I'm glad! We're getting a lot of joy out of them, as they live on the lock outside our house.

[worlds_of_smoke]

duckduckduckDUCK. <3 <3 <3

[nanila]

Exactly so. ♥

[brainwane]

Thank you for this.

[nanila]

You're most welcome.

[redsixwing]

Oh my giddy aunt those are cute.

Thanks for all the duckling photos. I really enjoyed this.

[nanila]

Aren't they! The furious paddling to keep up with The Huddle is particularly poignant.

[annofowlshire]

AAAAHH fluffy little ducklings is what my soul needed.

Thank you.

[nanila]

:D Yay, I'm glad! I have many, many more duckling photos. Keiki insists upon it every day when we go for our walk.

[jb_slasher]

Duckies! <3

[nanila]

They're so sweet. ♥

[cesy]

Such good ducklings!

[nanila]

Yes! They're determined to maintain The Huddle. :)

[tree_and_leaf]

Ducklings! <3

Thank you for sharing these.

[nanila]

I'm glad you enjoyed them. ♥

[st_aurafina]

SO fluffffffffeeeeeee!!!! <3 <3 <3

[nanila]

MUCH fluff, many cheepings! :D

[cmcmck]

Cuties! :o)

[nanila]

Oh yes. And there so MANY of them! :)

[sfred]

Thy are adorable.

[nanila]

Yep. The sweetest little balls of fluff.

[highlyeccentric]

!! ducklings !!

Thank you for this content.

[nanila]

:D Yay! I'm glad you liked it.

[lurkingcat]

♥ ♥ ♥

[nanila]

♥ x infinity. :)

[silveradept]

Tiny fluffs, and entirely adorable.

[nanila]

Such fun to watch zooming around in the water, and cheeping with wild abandon. :)

[azurelunatic]

DUCKIES DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK

[nanila]

YES EXACTLY SO

[lark_ascends]

<3 <3 <3

[nanila]

♥! :)

[omnipotent]

Ducklings are so cute when they are tiny and multicolored like that. Sadly here the gators seem to think they are snacks, so you never see quite as many of them with Mama as in your photos.

[nanila]

They are! I'm glad I took pictures of them when I did, because as of this week, there are only two left. I presume the apex predators around here have been enjoying the bonanza. :/

[pbristow]

The song that came to mind was "The Ugly Duckling", which isn't fair 'cos they are *so not ugly*! =:oO

Time for a re-write:

There once was a perfectly gorgeous duckling
Whose feathers were fuzzy and brown,
And the humans said (at least, in their heads)
"Yeah, like, shove off with your nonsense about needing to become a swan to earn validation. He'll do just *fine*."

There, fixed it. =:o}