We stopped for elevenses in the form of a nice Cornish pasty… and were mobbed. There is no other way to say it. We went hunting ducklings, armed, I must stress, with no more than some duck-seed and our cameras… and we were mobbed.
The mallards were the worst offenders… no shame at all. Sitting or standing, we were stood upon. Nibbled.
Investigated.
And eventually …approved. At least as a source of food.
The robins seemed to aprove too.
But then, there are always robins, wherever we go…
Chaffinches too…
They all seemed quite happy to dine with us. But…those nice crispy duck pancakes? It’s not going to happen… that’s another thing off my list.
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wonderful ducklings, Sue!
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They were adorable 🙂
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How wonderful. Apparently there are several families of new ducklings on the marina, but obviously we haven’t seen them as we normally would. It was nice to see the cygnets the other day though. At the moment, I am content to listen to the excited chatter of the fledgling sparrows in the gables opposite and watch the blackbirds feeding their babies on the fence.
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Spring has such an excited soundtrack, doesn’t it? 🙂
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Oh yes. Even if it is at 4 am!
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I don’t mind that… it is a lovely alarm clock 🙂
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I’ll go with that!
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🙂
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Sue Vincent with a mob of ducks and robins.. and some very cute ducklings.. my kind of day… feathered friends..
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Worse things to be mobbed by. 😁
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Much worse 🙂
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How wonderful, Sue. xxx
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It was, Adele 🙂 xx
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LOL! It would be easy to become a vegetarian faced with such adorable little ducklings.
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It is increasingly hard to eat any kind of creature…but as plants too are aware of being eaten and we do not yet live on light alone, I just eat sparingly and with respect.
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WOW! I have a feeling you didn’t get to eat much of your snack 😊
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Not a lot, Fransi 😉
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Wonderful!!
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They were, Amy 🙂
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No duck pancakes, huh? The more we spend time with the other wonderful creatures of the planet, the harder to see them as food. Cute photos. It looks like great fun 😀
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It was… but as I see life in everything, it is hard to make a distinction between one form of it or another.
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It all threads together and becomes part of the inseparable whole.
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It does.
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As you can imagine I loved this post. I love a good Cornish Pasty, or almost any Cornish pasty to be honest and, of course, crispy duck is not my menu, although I used to love it in days of yore
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You can’t beat a good Cornish pasty, though cheese is becoming ever more acceptable 😉
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I also can’t eat duck, amongst a number of other meat products, Sue. The pictures of all the birds are lovely.
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We have to eat, but emotional connections narrow the choices…
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I love them! All the other birds are beautiful too but the ducklings definitely have the cute factor. xxx
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Those ducklings were truly gorgeous 🙂
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💜😎💜💖
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These ducklings are adorable. Thanks for sharing these great photos. 🙂
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They were delightful, Lynette 😉
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What a wonderful way to be mobbed! I’m horribly allergic to duck, so i’m no threat to any of the little feathered honeys.
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I haven’t eaten duck in years…and I can’t see me doing so again either.
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Dee-lightful! Simply ducky!
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They were, Rae 🙂
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Adorable! ❤
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🙂 ❤
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Duckletses!!! 😀
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Just too cute 🙂
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Those little ducks in the last picture as adorable! 🙂
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The one with its tongue out got me 🙂
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Omg, reminds me of the Hitchcock movie The Birds 🙂
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But without the threat 😉
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Yes! 🙂
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