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--_9e323529-add9-456f-9d3c-b3c5c2870866_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I went out for my lunch today and heard what I thought were young birds. I= was busy looking at the trees=2C when I noticed a line of traffic up and d= own the street. Right in the middle was a female mallard herding six littl= e ones across the street. When she got to the curb everything would've bee= n fine had an American crow not been there to try and take one of the littl= e ones. People in the car threw bread out of the window to distract the cr= ow and the ducks proceeded down along the the roadside edge down the street= . A lady then came into the picture and proceeded to chase the ducks off o= f the road. Later on in the picture a group of people were pursuing the ad= ult and ducklings with a box attempting to gather them up. I do not believ= e that they were successful though. The female mallard had a goal in mind = as to where she was taking the ducklings. Likely to the Desbrisay pond. I= f people had left well enough alone=2C I figure everything would've been fi= ne. Anyhow=2C I don't know what will become of them now that they've been = chased basically back I assume to the pond where they were being brought fr= om. =20 =20 James R. Hirtle Bridgewater =20 = --_9e323529-add9-456f-9d3c-b3c5c2870866_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 12pt=3B font-family:Calibri } --></style></head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'><font size=3D"6">I went out for = my lunch today and heard what I thought were young birds. =3B I was bus= y looking at the trees=2C when I noticed a line of traffic up and down the = street. =3B Right in the middle was a female mallard herding six little= ones across the street. =3B When she got to the curb everything would'= ve been fine had an American crow not been there to try and take one of the= little ones. =3B =3BPeople in the car threw bread out of the = =3Bwindow to distract the crow and the ducks proceeded down along the the&n= bsp=3Broadside edge down the street. =3B A lady then came into the pict= ure and proceeded to chase the ducks off of the road. =3B Later on in t= he picture a group of people were pursuing the =3Badult and ducklings w= ith a box attempting to gather them =3Bup. =3B I do not believe tha= t they were =3Bsuccessful though. =3B The female mallard =3Bhad= a =3Bgoal in mind as to where she was taking the ducklings. =3B Li= kely to the Desbrisay pond. =3B If people had left well enough alone=2C= I figure everything would've been fine. =3B Anyhow=2C I don't know wha= t will become of them now that they've been chased basically back I assume = to the pond where they were being brought from. =3B =3B</font><BR>&= nbsp=3B<BR><font size=3D"6">James R. Hirtle</font><BR><font size=3D"6">Brid= gewater</font><BR><font size=3D"6"> =3B<br id=3D"FontBreak"></font><BR>= </div></body> </html>= --_9e323529-add9-456f-9d3c-b3c5c2870866_--
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