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We're raising eight wild mallard babies, as well as the two Pekin ducks shown a week ago.




Disgusting substance of the day: Baby duck poop; they eat it.

On this day in 365 Urban Species: Oxeye daisy.

Date: 2007-06-15 12:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fledchen.livejournal.com
I see Tito thinks she might be a "duckie" :)

Date: 2007-06-15 10:15 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urbpan.livejournal.com
The poor thing is desperate to get out of their way!

Date: 2007-06-15 02:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] harrietbrown.livejournal.com
I was thinking of Tito today. I was out in the meadow watching all the turkeys. There are baby turkeys! What are they called? The male turkeys were proudly displaying their feathers. What's that called, when they splay their back feathers? The hens were sticking close to where the baby turkeys were hiding in the brush beneath the trees. Tito came to mind.

Date: 2007-06-15 10:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urbpan.livejournal.com
I call all baby birds "chicks," but the special term for baby turkeys is "poult." The breeding display involved "fanning" the feathers (I haven't found a more technical term) a special gait called strutting, and a special call: the gobble. (Gobbling is the loudest of the over 25 different vocalizations of turkeys.)

Date: 2007-06-17 04:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] harrietbrown.livejournal.com
Thanks for the info! I knew I could count on you. Strutting - ha, that suits the toms very well! I've been listening to all the different sounds the turkeys make.

Birds seem to be very social creatures - the geese hang out with the turkeys, the little birds hang out with all of them. And the turkeys seem to move in herds.

Date: 2007-06-15 06:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zipotle.livejournal.com
I like the slight quackiness in their peeping.

Date: 2007-06-15 06:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bellelvsbeast.livejournal.com
Awwwwwwww...;)

Date: 2007-06-15 12:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com
lol! i just played this and maggie LOVED to listen to you saying turkeyturkeyturkeyturkey. try it when you come home. :)

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