Posted on January 15, 2015 By Michael Griffiths
Sunrise: 08.11 Sunset: 04.22
Roughly translated: Get out of the way, you blithering idiot!
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Superb photo!
These beautiful birds are intelligent and pretty much mate for life.
It’s unfortunate that my brother-in-law, as well as some nephews and their friends, are avid duck hunters.
Thanks. You have mentioned your brother-in-law’s hunting hobby a few times, Thomas. We have killed game since the year dot, and all the meat we eat has first to be killed. I daresay that all your brother-in-law’s kills are eaten, which is good. Eat more ducks, and kill fewer cattle. ๐
I’m a vegetarian and am not fond of killing either species; I’d rather do in walnuts and broccoli.
To maintain my meat eating ligestyle,Thomas, I must continue to condone killing of animals lower in the food chain than me. I also like wslnuts and broccoli, and practically all other foodstuffs. However, I am not keen on brains and rice pudding
Though I’m a vegetarian, I’m not as against eating meat as one might think. (I even take Krill tablets for the DHA, which many vegetarians are critically lacking.) However, I am very fond of wild ducks and geese and do not feel that it is right to shoot them, largely due to their extreme intelligence and close-knit family structures. Most humans on this planet are vegetarian, and are doing well… and it is tremendously more easy on the environment as a whole… (but enough of that). I don’t like rice pudding either (or any rice for that matter); rice is full of arsenic (from the oil spills) here in the USA. ๐
Brilliant picture. I wasaout walking today and disturbed a heron – it made even ruder noises than a disturbed duck….
Thank you, Cara. Herons I disturb rarely make a noise; they nearly always see me before I get anywhere near them.
Ha ha ha ha!! Abort landing…..repeat…..abort landing!
Willco leader! Over and out!
Roger that ๐
Wow! That’s a fantastic shot! Perfect timing ๐
He was coming in fast, Inga. I don’t know why, but mallards do approach North Pond very quickly and hit the water with a thump.