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Mallard Ducks

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I like how the mallard ducks seem to get on with almost everybody.

They are tolerated by the notoriously grumpy and aggressive Canada geese …

… and by the extremely nervous quail.

But those are other birds. Nevertheless, they clearly aren’t bothered by a whole other species swimming underneath them …

… even when the fish pop up to grab a bug.

If we could all get along this well – or perhaps ignore each other this well – our world might be a very calm place.

Happy Tuesday.

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  4. Mallards are definitely the calm ones in a pond, although of we startle them on our walks they all take off quacking as if to tell us we are harshing their mellow. I always like to study how marvelous the feather patterns are on mallards and other water birds. Have a great Tuesday Lynette. Allan

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    1. Thanks, Allan. When I lived in southern Alberta I remember them doing that if I surprised them. I was never sure if it was me making too much noise and yes, harshing their mellow or if it was because I usually had a dog with me. The ones here are very habituated to humans (and dogs) and just seem to have a live and let live attitude.

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      1. It’s the clarity and the colors that you manage in your photos that make them so vivid. Maybe that would have been a better word than intense.

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