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Duck Update

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The duck creek is open and our resident duck flock seems to be doing fine.

They appear to have come through the cold snap pretty well with feed from the city and snacks from passersby (including us).

I’ve noticed that even the small flock of over-wintering Canada geese have been accepting food as well; they’re usually quite standoffish, but any port in a storm. They’re probably wishing that they had migrated!

Happy Tuesday.

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    1. Thank you very much, Tricia. 🙂
      When it’s cold out the city actually feeds them every day too, so there’s a reliable food source for them. I would say that the number of individuals feeding them probably dropped off a lot because so many just stayed inside. Most people here aren’t used to the cold either and don’t have the proper clothes for how frigid it became. We (and the others we saw) are more “cold proof.”

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  2. Birds are so resilient. The Blue Jays and chickadees were flying about again yesterday when temps warmed to -24C. Hope our January thaw comes soon. Happy Tuesday Lynette. Allan

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    1. Thanks, Allan.
      They sure are. I was always amazed to see the chickadees in NWT in January. Such hardy and cute little birds.
      I think you’re supposed to start warming up this weekend. We are in the process and apparently are going to get a lot of snow that’s going to turn to rain. I hope you get some precipitation, too. I read that Alberta is still in need of lots.

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      1. Thank you very much for the link. Incidentally, the real name is Okanagan Creek; I call it duck creek because they have taken ownership. 😊Agreed – I don’t think our ducks would like it much.
        Interesting reading the piece about Cincinnati’s creek. The one here was also encased in concrete in the 1950s to prevent flooding but the city has spent the last decade removing it because the kokanee salmon weren’t able to swim to the lakes above – there’s only one concrete section left. Interestingly, despite the concrete the creek flooded anyway. There are now up-creek dykes that are a lot more effective. We humans have so much to learn.

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