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O How Long It's Been
Time flies when you're reorganizing your entire life. Well, just about the entire thing. Most of it, anyway. Was the last post really in 2012? Such a long time has passed, especially in duck years....
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Do ducks fall in love? Do they become attached to each other? How can we humans tell if ducks have the same types of emotions we do and/or how do we know how complex duck relationships (both...
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Lukas and the Rafters Settled in their New Home
Lukas keeps a suspicious eye on C. as she collects eggsfrom the new duck house.My friend C. has anticipated for two years being reunited with her rescued Pekin drake Lukas who was flown all the way...
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Iliya Needs a Shoe
Iliya: not too happy about wearing a shoe. His wife Bella tookone look at his foot and muttered a disgusted, "Quack-quack."Bumblefoot.Ugh.Several years have passed since we've seen any bumblefoot...
View ArticleIt's Not MY Pet; Therefore, I'll Eat It
Augie March -- King of Doodles was recently sited as a resource on Backyard Chickens Forums for the article Signs of Intestinal Blockage in Pet Ducks. We hope our experience with Mista Clyde helps save...
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Henry, the Indian Runner Duck, Story
Meet Henry. Fawn and white Indian runner duck.Henry joined the flock last year after the muscovy couple, Sao-Ree and Jing-Jai, managed to hide and hatch an egg which resulted in Bernadette. Poor,...
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Augie's Back!
Well, moving to WordPress didn't work out well for Augie. Not only did his management team prove lazy, but his Blogger followers missed him. So he's back and here to stay, granted it's been a while and...
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Lucky Marisol - Saved from Death
Marisol's First Place Blue Ribbon for Most Photogenic photo contest by Majestic Waterfowl Sanctuary, 2016.Marisol is one lucky duck. It's probably safe to say she is only alive because I heard her...
View ArticleIn the Grass
Freddie the Rock God Gander accompanies the Doodles (his ducks) on a doot-dooting adventure one afternoon in late summer 2016.
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The Personality Series: Sofiya Doodle
Sofiya Pig (February 24, 2010 - November 5, 2016)There is nothing quite like a duckling with her little smile. The way she flaps her stubby wings. The way she dabbles her wee rubber bill in the cereal...
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Charlotte's Web: In Other Words
Araneus diadematus, or the European Garden Spider, has settled in to Gander Lodge. This means less flies, which is good for us all. Many years ago I photographed a ball of spiderlings huddled at the...
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What is a drake feather?
The drake feather is a curled tail feather on a male duck. Sometimes when ducklings are still fuzzy you can tell a drake by the hoarseness of his little voice or the way he keeps watch while the others...
View ArticleHow tall is my pet goose, Freddie?
Freddie is a white Chinese swan gander. Augie March - King of Doodles received a question from sprite Dutch Angel Dragon on YouTube about Freddie's height. Here is the video I made where I attempt to...
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Flashback: August 2009
Eight years ago. The end of July. Seven ducklings shipped in a box--something I would never do now. I was so ignorant then. They came from Nature's Hatchery. Another ignorant decision. Just because the...
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Freddie and the ducks enjoy a late-summer bath
While the ducks forage around the yard, I began filling up the large kiddie pool on the patio and they all came running. Freddie, however, had instant plans for the sparkling clean water. Before the...
View ArticleInteracting with Freddie goose and the flock
In this video, Ms. Marisol comes up to investigate whether or not I have a treat. She is the duck I rescued a couple years ago from down the street where she was lonely, starving, and in organ failure...
View ArticleDucks Love Tomatoes
My rescued Pekin duck Marisol loves tomatoes fresh from the vine. Here she comes running when I call her and enjoys a couple tomatoes from the duck garden and then begs for more by knocking the camera...
View ArticleIliya, Bella, and Maddie splashing in the pool
Iliya and Bella are eight years old from this July, 2017. Can you believe it? Here they are with the third partner of their trio, who took Beetle's place after Beetle died, Miss Madeleine, or Maddie,...
View ArticleSplish-Splash: Freddie my pet goose in the pool
It's a hot summer day in late August and Freddie loves nothing more than a fresh pool in which to bathe and relax. After he gets out, Bella, an eight-year-old Cayuga hen, takes a dip to clean her...
View ArticleSao-Ree Dactyl, my muscovy, a tough boss he is!
Sao-Ree micromanages while I clean the duck house. He thinks he knows everything! Does he not understand that the job gets done later, rather than sooner, when he stops me every five seconds. I think...
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