NW-Bound
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In the thread here, Redduck said he would be thinking about NW-Bound and Freebird (I surely hope more the latter than the former). At the same time, I have been thinking about ducks. Not just because of the above thread, but also because of this thread here about duck fat, duck confit, and Peking duck. I have not had any for a while, so perhaps that craving affected me.
Then, it occurred to me that most urbanites do not get to see ducks too often. No, I am not talking about frozen ducks in supermarkets, nor roasted ducks hanging in glass cases of Oriental charcuteries. It's live ducks I am talking about here.
I have a soft spot for ducks I guess, because whenever I spotted them, I took photos. See, it is not simply duck-ready-to-eat that attracts my attention. And the duck quacks sound as charming to me as songbird chirpings, although I likely would change my mind after being through a duck farm (they have them on Long Island, which I will pay a visit with my RV at some point).
So, to spend some of my ER leisure time, I looked through my travel photos for duck shots (made with cameras, not firearms!). I am sharing them here in this thread.
Please post your photos of ducks, birds, and whatever that have two legs and fly, or swim. And by the way, someone says that if it walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it is a duck. I am no bird biologist, but I don't think that is true. Do you? I call two of the animals in my photos "goose", but I could be wrong.
Has anyone seen a red duck in real life? It is supposedly a common Eurasia duck, also called fudge duck, or ferruginous duck according to the Web. I might have seen one in the past without paying any attention, back when I was only interested in edible ducks instead of live ducks.
PS. I am not making up the following story. I knew an engineer who disputed the above saying about the duck qualifications. He said that he met all three requirements, yet he was sure that he was not a duck. I could not agree with him nor disagree although I knew he was not a duck. I did not see him swim.
Then, it occurred to me that most urbanites do not get to see ducks too often. No, I am not talking about frozen ducks in supermarkets, nor roasted ducks hanging in glass cases of Oriental charcuteries. It's live ducks I am talking about here.
I have a soft spot for ducks I guess, because whenever I spotted them, I took photos. See, it is not simply duck-ready-to-eat that attracts my attention. And the duck quacks sound as charming to me as songbird chirpings, although I likely would change my mind after being through a duck farm (they have them on Long Island, which I will pay a visit with my RV at some point).
So, to spend some of my ER leisure time, I looked through my travel photos for duck shots (made with cameras, not firearms!). I am sharing them here in this thread.
Please post your photos of ducks, birds, and whatever that have two legs and fly, or swim. And by the way, someone says that if it walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it is a duck. I am no bird biologist, but I don't think that is true. Do you? I call two of the animals in my photos "goose", but I could be wrong.
Has anyone seen a red duck in real life? It is supposedly a common Eurasia duck, also called fudge duck, or ferruginous duck according to the Web. I might have seen one in the past without paying any attention, back when I was only interested in edible ducks instead of live ducks.
PS. I am not making up the following story. I knew an engineer who disputed the above saying about the duck qualifications. He said that he met all three requirements, yet he was sure that he was not a duck. I could not agree with him nor disagree although I knew he was not a duck. I did not see him swim.
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