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Mystery chick - only a mother could love #8104
05/02/07 03:18 AM
05/02/07 03:18 AM
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glamson Offline OP
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Thought I'd post this one just for fun. It's spring and all the birds are mating and having chicks. This one is definitely one that only his mother could love.

Do you recognize it? (hint: this is a very common bird)


Re: Mystery chick - only a mother could love [Re: glamson] #8105
05/02/07 03:31 AM
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I have never seen anything like it. LOL.

Hard to even guess! Can't tell how big it is. Coot maybe? (wild guess).


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Re: Mystery chick - only a mother could love [Re: Dee Dee] #8106
05/03/07 02:34 PM
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My wild quess is either a Wood Duck or Merganser.


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Re: Mystery chick - only a mother could love [Re: glamson] #8107
05/08/07 12:20 PM
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Well over 50 of you took a peek at my mystery chick but only two of you ventured a guess. Dee Dee's "wild"
guess was correct. This rather colorful chick grows up to be one of the drabbest of the water fowl,
the American Coot.

Re: Mystery chick - only a mother could love [Re: glamson] #8108
05/09/07 12:50 PM
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Interesting! They look more like baby buzzards of some kind and that flourescent yellow/orange feathery stuff...you'd think nature would camouflage them a bit more! Great shot of mom and babies.


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Re: Mystery chick - only a mother could love [Re: glamson] #8109
05/11/07 01:59 PM
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Yeah, them coots are sure ugly early on. But then they "cute up" a bit.


Re: Mystery chick - only a mother could love [Re: jamesdak] #8110
05/11/07 10:50 PM
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Hey Jim,

Very nice shot. They certainly do 'cute up.' LOL...that is a new one for me.

James

Re: Mystery chick - only a mother could love [Re: James Morrissey] #8111
05/12/07 09:25 PM
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Remarkable transformation from frazzled chick to Coot! I would have never guessed what kind of ducklings those are. Fine shots, Glamson.

Regards,

Dick:)


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Re: Mystery chick - only a mother could love [Re: RichardR] #8112
05/16/07 02:58 AM
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Quote:

Remarkable transformation from frazzled chick to Coot! I would have never guessed what kind of ducklings those are. Fine shots, Glamson.

Regards,

Dick:)




Yes, sometimes there's no rhyme or reason to nature. Now here is the opposite situation in which a very drab chick turns into a rather ornate Bald Ibis.


Re: Mystery chick - only a mother could love [Re: glamson] #8113
06/06/07 01:41 AM
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Nice punker. We have a lot of them here in germany, but i believe we have another sub species. It is hard to capture them so close.

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