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Index of Subjects ---1603101515-135143455-1400876150=:47248 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Must be the day for ducklings.=0AI saw a brood at Indian Point today - in t= he marsh - not=0Aon the road. I thought they were Blacks ( 70 % sure ) vers= us Mallards ( 30 % sure )=0APaul =0A=0A=0AOn Friday, May 23, 2014 3:03:40 P= M, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote:=0A =0A=0A=0A =0AI went out = for my lunch today and heard what I thought were young birds.=A0 I was busy= looking at the trees, when I noticed a line of traffic up and down the str= eet.=A0 Right in the middle was a female mallard herding six little ones ac= ross the street.=A0 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.= =A0=A0People in the car threw bread out of the=A0window to distract the cro= w and the ducks proceeded down along the the=A0roadside edge down the stree= t.=A0 A lady then came into the picture and proceeded to chase the ducks of= f of the road.=A0 Later on in the picture a group of people were pursuing t= he=A0adult and ducklings with a box attempting to gather them=A0up.=A0 I do= not believe that they were=A0successful though.=A0 The female mallard=A0ha= d a=A0goal in mind as to where she was taking the ducklings.=A0 Likely to t= he Desbrisay pond.=A0 If people had left well enough alone, I figure everything would've been fine.=A0 Anyhow, I don't know what will become of= them now that they've been chased basically back I assume to the pond wher= e they were being brought from.=A0=A0=0A=A0=0AJames R. Hirtle=0ABridgewater ---1603101515-135143455-1400876150=:47248 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ve= rdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span>Must be the day for= ducklings.</span></div><div><span>I saw a brood at Indian Point today - in= the marsh - not</span></div><div><span>on the road. I thought they were Bl= acks ( 70 % sure ) versus Mallards ( 30 % sure )</span></div><div><span>Pau= l</span></div> <div class=3D"qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class=3D"yah= oo_quoted" style=3D"display: block;"> <div style=3D"font-family: verdana, h= elvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: Helveti= caNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-s= ize: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> On Friday, = May 23, 2014 3:03:40 PM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> wrote:<= br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div class=3D"y_msg_container"><div id=3D"yiv3= 169868011">=0A=0A<style><!--=0A#yiv3169868011 .yiv3169868011hmmessage P=0A{= =0Amargin:0px;padding:0px;}=0A#yiv3169868011 body.yiv3169868011hmmessage=0A= {=0Afont-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;}=0A--></style>=0A<div><div dir=3D"l= tr"><font size=3D"6">I went out for my lunch today and heard what I thought= were young birds. I was busy looking at the trees, when I noticed a = line of traffic up and down the street. Right in the middle was a fem= ale mallard herding six little ones across the street. When she got t= o the curb everything would've been fine had an American crow not been ther= e to try and take one of the little ones. People in the car thre= w bread out of the window to distract the crow and the ducks proceeded= down along the the roadside edge down the street. A lady then c= ame into the picture and proceeded to chase the ducks off of the road. = ; Later on in the picture a group of people were pursuing the adult an= d ducklings with a box attempting to gather them up. I do not be= lieve 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. If people had left we= ll enough alone, I figure everything would've been fine. Anyhow, I do= n't know what will become of them now that they've been chased basically ba= ck I assume to the pond where they were being brought from. </fo= nt><br> <br><font size=3D"6">James R. Hirtle</font><br><font size=3D"6= ">Bridgewater</font><br><font size=3D"6"> <br id=3D"yiv3169868011FontB= reak"></font><br> =09=09 =09 =09=09 </div></div>=0A</div><br><br></div> = </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html> ---1603101515-135143455-1400876150=:47248--
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