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Motorists Bring Traffic To A Stop On Busy Interstate To Save A Family Of Ducks

Motorists Bring Traffic To A Stop On Busy Interstate To Save A Family Of Ducks

August 4, 2022July 29, 2022 Supertrooper Leave a comment

Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side! That’s how the popular riddle or saying goes, but it seems it applies to ducks as well. A family of ducks was attempting to cross the road to get to the other side of Interstate 405 in Washington State, but they ended […]

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Goose Reflections

Goose Reflections

May 24, 2016December 23, 2019 Julie Feinstein Leave a comment

I was watching a Canada goose family (Branta canadensis) and was impressed by how often they did exactly the same things at the same time and struck identical poses, especially the goslings. Congruent like the two above.                

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Dabbling for Dinner

Dabbling for Dinner

December 7, 2015December 23, 2019 Julie Feinstein Leave a comment

These Canada geese are tipped over and reaching down with their long necks to gather food plants from the bottom of the shallow pond. The one that’s right side up in the back is a designated sentinel; that’s a goose thing — they take turns watching for danger. Every time you look at a flock […]

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A Winter’s Morning At Zoar Wetland, Ohio

A Winter’s Morning At Zoar Wetland, Ohio

January 4, 2013December 22, 2019 Sharon Norman 6 Comments

The past few nights here in the southern portion of Northeast Ohio have been in the teens, so I’ve been thinking about the “odd couple” at Zoar Wetland. This past autumn, a goose and brown duck (no one seems to know the proper name, although it does resemble a Mallard), took up residence at the […]

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