[NatureNS] Excitement On Dufferin - Bridgewater

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Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 13:15:50 -0700 (PDT)
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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
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<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 &lt;jrhbirder@hotmail.com&gt; 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{=
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{=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.&nbsp; I was busy looking at the trees, when I noticed a =
line of traffic up and down the street.&nbsp; Right in the middle was a fem=
ale mallard herding six little ones across the street.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp;&nbsp;People in the car thre=
w bread out of the&nbsp;window to distract the crow and the ducks proceeded=
 down along the the&nbsp;roadside edge down the street.&nbsp; A lady then c=
ame into the picture and proceeded to chase the ducks off of the road.&nbsp=
; Later on in the picture a group of people were pursuing the&nbsp;adult an=
d ducklings with a box attempting to gather them&nbsp;up.&nbsp; I do not be=
lieve that they were&nbsp;successful though.&nbsp; The female mallard&nbsp;=
had a&nbsp;goal in mind as to where she was taking the
 ducklings.&nbsp; Likely to the Desbrisay pond.&nbsp; If people had left we=
ll enough alone, I figure everything would've been fine.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp;&nbsp;</fo=
nt><br>&nbsp;<br><font size=3D"6">James R. Hirtle</font><br><font size=3D"6=
">Bridgewater</font><br><font size=3D"6">&nbsp;<br id=3D"yiv3169868011FontB=
reak"></font><br> =09=09 =09   =09=09  </div></div>=0A</div><br><br></div> =
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