It's a duck's life....

[Bbbananas]

... never mind a dog's life. I've just sat & had my lunch at the local duck pond; lovely views, in the sun, nice. Well, apart from the greedy beggars swarming on me like a scene from Hitchcock's 'The Birds' - after my bread bap. I just chucked them bits of raw onion - after a few of them gagged on that, they looked at me in disgust, quacked something to each other, then left. Result.... Anyway, I was watching these ducks & their little fluffy chicks & thinking, what a great life they have. All they do is swim, sun, sleep, dive for food and quack. That then got me to wondering - do the mothers feel protective & all maternal & loving towards their chicks like mothers do their newborn babes - or do they just chuck 'em out, give 'em a nudge to start swimming, throw a fish & them every now & then, but don't give a toss about them, emotionally-like? What do you peeps think? Does that ever cross your mind?

[sqad617]

LOL LOL Christ, no idea salla, I am a bloke and don't get involved in such thoughts.

Lovely story though (sqad wiping tears from his eyes)

[Bbbananas]

..here's a hankie.

Take no notice of me - I've been in the consulting rooms sniffing the ether.

[Bbbananas]

... and one of the barstards shat on my jacket. So the next time I go down there, I go armed with a brick.

(RSPCA members: that was a joke).

[sn�gs]

There's always one mad old woman feeding the ducks at my local pond too...

[Mamyalynne]

salla mother mallards are notoriously bad mothers, I live just by the water and every year we have to do some type of rescue mission and unless you catch her before the ducklings, shes off. Is great fun to sit on balcony and watch then though (sad to see the numbers fall each day as the herons and other natural predators get stuck in)

Today the geese are outdoing the ducks for noise and I had to turn the radio off couldnt hear a thing.
Ain`t nature great.

Mamya x

[Joy11]

Errrr, wouldn't like my feet to be cold and wet all of the time salla, just think how they must feel in the winter, no fire to warm their little webbs ...lol

[Mamyalynne]

Even had them in the lounge one sunday evening eating bread and watching Heartbeat (well I obviouslt don`t know if they were watching but we were)
M

[Bbbananas]

Aaaahh, never thought of that Joy.
maybe I could knit some bootees for the winter?

do you know - I really have OD'd on the ether...

[Joy11]

little wellies for them I think, imagine having a wet under carriage all the time....perhaps not! lol, I leave myself wide open for inuendos there,,,lol

[paraffin]

Hi salla:

My moggies want me to ask you the address of that duck pond, please? Sorry.....they said "pretty please" (crawling little gits!)

[stompe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwdJUTTunzo&fea ture=related

[stompe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwdJUTTunzo&fea ture=related

Reverse the Ether effect! {:)

[stompe]

Sorry Salla having problems Grrrrrrrrrr

[mrs.chappie]

In the village where my in-laws live, ducks go round tapping on doors with their beaks, begging for bread.

Honest truth, I kid you not.

[mrs_overall]

Am I the only person who read this post and immediately thought of Orange Sauce?

[Bbbananas]

Mrs Chappie - that's brilliant! They'd be welcome round my house - there's always plenty of stale bread going.

[chrisda]

Do ducks eat kids xx

[mrs.chappie]

I'd feed 'em too Sal, if they came calling at my door. They wouldn't last very long though, there's too much traffic where I live.

(And as Mrs. O's just mentioned - most of 'em would end up covered in orange sauce).

[chrisda]

Got me brothers rugrats round tearing my house to bits,
wide screen telly five thousand chockie prints on it xx
third time I have picked that yukka up and the soil haha
love em really xx

[Bbbananas]

I feel guilty now - cos you two have just reminded me that I absolutely adore to eat........errr........duck.