Just in case you thought it was all duckies with me

That's a bush tit at the suet feeder. Last winter I couldn't really interest anybody in the suet -- weird, because it was so cold. This winter there are tons of tits, flickers & a little downy woodpecker, and obscene numbers of starlings. On my third cake of suet so far ...

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Ok, It's a Week Later

 Ducky's wings/feathers have grown quite a bit. She's trying out the notion of flying with them ...

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Duckie & Momma, Aug 4

They're almost of a size now (well momma was pretty wee to begin with); the big difference is in wingspan. I'm thinking this is what's meant by "not fully fledged." I think she looks smart, though. See what I mean?

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OK, It's a Duckie

Just the one. Momma's sticking pretty close. Duckie's cute as a button. No telling if it's the broody duck from earlier this spring trying again, or what.
Mamma's pretty cute herself.

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Gosling Watch

OK, the Sun Yat Sen goslings are a washout again this year, I'm not sure why, aside from the general unlikeliness of the whole enterprise. Whatever happened happened while I was away in NYC, and I've been too busy to remember to harrass the Park Dep't about any egg-addling policies they might have.

Luckily for anybody out there jonesing for some gosling pictures, though, there were a bunch of them at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn when I was there. You can see where we get our ideas about what dinosaurs looked like ...
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FJ off to New York last night

 and I follow tonight. Won't post for a couple of weeks. Hope to return in time to resume the gosling watch (unless the Parks Dep't has addled the eggs).

Cheers

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So Far, So Good

 
Just shifting the furniture a little bit. The pair of Canada geese nesting at the Sun Yat Sen Gardens are holding up pretty well. Mama's still sitting on the eggs; Papa's her occasional protector; the tourists by and large don't even notice the nest. Today's excitement was an escaped bunny.

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