Ducks make "great" exercise companions XD

[Chickenrandomness]

Today, my grandmother took me to a large pond thats great for jogging around. i've gone there many times before and there are always ducks and occasionly geese. Since it way late in the day, i didn't expect many ducks, but there was tons of mallards and scovies. there was even a scovie duck with ducklings! me being a very good bird catcher, i chased the ducklings around trying to corner them where 2 short concrete walls meet. the duck just followed the ducklings quacking her unhappy quacks. i had finally caught a duckling and before i knew it, that scovie was like a rocket from a launch pad! i already knew she was going to chase me because i know quite a bit about birds and their behaviors. i kept running and she started flying! i quickly turned otherwise she would have caught me, but she landed and stoped. oh, i forgot to add, i put the duckling down as soon as the mother duck started after me.

i wasn't trying to hurt or keep any ducks/drakes/ducklings, i was just testing her mother instincts

 

[zengrrl]

I'm not sure how I would react if I saw someone chasing baby ducks at the local park. The swans seem to make short order of anyone who thinks of chasing their babies though.

 

[DuckLover2399]

Hahahaha this is funny even to read. If I saw u chaseing the ducklings i prob would of helped lol.

 

[StevenW.]

 

[Chickenrandomness]

no harm was done to the birds

i just can't help myself when it comes to catching birds! i've caught:
below were caught by hand
1 baby killdeer
1 pine siskin
2 barn swallows
1 young cowbird
my chickens

my cousins' ducks
1 dark eyed junco
1 clay colored sparrow

below were caught by trap
1 mourning dove
1 northern cardinal
1 white throughted sparrow