Ducklings

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  9 November 2010     13:0379251
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  between the riverside centre and the college there were 12 tiny ducklings swimming along with their mother.
  
  seems rather late in the year for them, wish i had my camera with me.
• Guest 640

  • Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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  9 November 2010     13:1579257
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  Yes it does seem rather late but always a nice sight to see. Maybe one of the lads will get a shot. If the sun shines they will come out best...some sun scheduled for tomorrow I believe bringing an end to the eternal grey.
  email: dover7@msn.com
• Jimmy Long

  • Location: Dover
  9 November 2010     16:2879281
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  Paul B,
  
  How many shots are we allowed??
• Guest 640

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  9 November 2010     16:4679282
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  lol!! Whoops I used unfortunate terminology there, no 12 bores Jimmy only Canons and Nikons !
  
  
  email: dover7@msn.com
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  9 November 2010     18:4979327
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  paul
  
  you are right in post 2, when i went past the sky was a deep grey, the ducklings would not have made a good picture with the college and the overhanging trees making the whole scene rather murky.
  
  no doubt the intrepid colin will have a go tomorrow.
• Guest 694

  • Registered: 22 Mar 2010
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  9 November 2010     19:3179340
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  you never.. my FUJI might take a walk.. alas i have lots of people popping in to see me tommorrow..
• Jimmy Long

  • Location: Dover
  9 November 2010     21:3479375
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  Paul,
  
  "Damn, another oppertunity lost"
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
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  9 November 2010     21:3779376
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  not to worry ian will be down with his 12 bore to blow them off the planet.
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
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  10 November 2010     07:4579404
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  crispy duck rolls spring to mind.
• Guest 690

  • Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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  10 November 2010     16:2779465
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  Howard, I did venture up there this morning to record your ducklings, but though I found numerous ducks, and birds that looked liked ducks, I couldn`t find any ducklings, even going up further to Barton path. May have been a bit too cold today, but then again, the seagull`s are very partial to picking them off. Hopefully someone else spot`s them.
  Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
• Jimmy Long

  • Location: Dover
  10 November 2010     17:3079482
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  Colin Pritchard,
  
  Ducks are the ones with flat beaks ang go Quack, Quack!!
• Jan Higgins

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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  10 November 2010     18:2879489
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  Sadly ducks are not very good mothers and tend to forget any stragglers when they move on. What with that, the wind and rain, rats and seagulls the poor little things might no longer be with us.
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