Was this a family outing?
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Was this a family outing?
Yep, definitely a family outing Joe.:)
these babies are so cute, lovely colouring also, nice shot :thumbsup:
Beautiful shot, Joe!:thumbsup:
I wonder why Mallards don't look after their broods as well as Geese do. In your shot, both parents are guarding their young. A female Mallard is usually left to do that all by herself, meaning that few young survive that first journey to (and on) water.
What a lovely shot! As for being better parents - they also enlist 'kids' from the previous year to act as extra guardians, and can go about in multiple groups forming a 'creche'. So, Mallards are in need of some 'social services' help then ;)
There is a very large creche on Black Swan lake at Dinton Pastures.
This is only a part of it (my lens was too long to get them all in.
Wow, it IS a large creche!
Lovely shot. Well done :)
Love it!
(But I bet it was noisy, Joe!:D)
Good Point Catherine - I should have though of that :)
Yep, has to be fairly noisy.:)