ducks

Posted by david and Sue Lindley (london, United Kingdom) on 6 December 2006 in Animal & Insect.

a couple of the ever present, ever hungry ducks in lowndes park, chesham

johnz from Cyprus

if the ducks were sailboats and the wind was blowing left to right the top duck would be bearing down in the favored position ready to yell "starboard" and relishing the attack, but the other duck, who seems calm at this point, yells back "hold your course" and bow of the top duck just passes the stern of the other duck, but the other duck now tacks to "cover," this scenario, of course, only occurs if ducks could talk and fancied games of sail boat racing, both high probabilities in David and Sue's (photoblog) world

6 Dec 2006 9:04am

Sidney from Manila, Philippines

... and at exactly that moment the brown duck started to fire the cannons he was hiding under his feathers.

6 Dec 2006 11:18am

Lisa from United States

They'll be happy to eat your camera or anything else you toss into the water. Ducks make me a little nervous due to how quickly they can turn a backyard swimming pool into their own private resort; they're nearly as bad as rats. Only better looking. I do like pretty orange autumn leaves, though :)

6 Dec 2006 12:28pm

micki from United States

You truly captured some lovely colors in this shot. The floating leaves really made this image special!

6 Dec 2006 2:22pm

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Awwwww...I think they are so sweet and cute!

6 Dec 2006 2:32pm

photogenic from Istanbul, Turkey

lovely with the leaves and all..

6 Dec 2006 5:31pm

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Great Picture. Fantastic. Well done!!

6 Dec 2006 6:04pm

Sherri from United States

What beautiful colors they're swimming with. Who can resist watching ducks?

6 Dec 2006 9:19pm

Ellie from new forest, United Kingdom

Lovely David, the ducks look good against the beech leaves.

6 Dec 2006 9:44pm

Barbro from Dannemora, Sweden

Love the colours of the leaves and the placing of the ducks.

8 Dec 2006 12:12pm

Judith Polakoff from Upstate New York, United States

They match the leaves beautifully, don't they? They're so pretty that they remind me of those lovely painted wooden decoy ducks. Very nicely framed, too.

14 Dec 2006 6:28pm

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