What’s Up? – Duck Day | H.J. Ruiz

My son Tyler (8) and I went out to photograph ducks at a pond in a park not far from our home. Tyler brought his own camera so did I and out we went. The sun was burning really hard, most ducks and geese were hiding or sheltering from the intense direct sunlight. We actually needed the duck to be in the water somehow, smartly, we had prepared for the occasion… we brought some lettuce and lured the avians to more open location in the pond.

We spent over an hour at the park and then returned home. Tyler didn’t shoot many pictures but he did well.

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14 thoughts on “What’s Up? – Duck Day”

shoreacres on July 3, 2018 at 7:59 am said:

I’ve never heard of using lettuce to lure duckies. Of course it should work — it’s a great alternative to bread, which isn’t really good for them. When there are babies around, I’ve used rolled oats, too. They’re so light that they’ll float for a bit, and the young ones can grab them more easily.

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- H.J. for avian101 on July 3, 2018 at 1:52 pm said:
  
  It’s forbidden to feed ducks any bread by rules set by the Park was you said ” Isn’t really good for them” It’s true for little birds too! Thank you Linda for your sharing . 🙂
  
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Dorinda Duclos on July 3, 2018 at 9:55 am said:

Putting all your ducks in a row, I see 😉

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- H.J. for avian101 on July 3, 2018 at 1:56 pm said:
  
  It takes time to teach them that! Thanks Dorinda! 🙂
  
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  - Dorinda Duclos on July 3, 2018 at 1:58 pm said:
    
    Always my pleasure, H.J.! 🙂
Indira on July 3, 2018 at 12:06 pm said:

You got an assortment there!

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- H.J. for avian101 on July 3, 2018 at 1:59 pm said:
  
  Oh yeah! You have to make friends, you know.. Thanks Indira! 🙂
  
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Washe Koda on July 3, 2018 at 1:33 pm said:

Nice photos 🙂 yea ! please dond’t use bread. I used to feed em dehydrated earthworms & the ducks, geese & swans loved em

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H.J. for avian101 on July 3, 2018 at 2:07 pm said:

Thank you! 🙂

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susanpoozan on July 3, 2018 at 3:10 pm said:

Well done for luring out so many ducks, I bet Tyler was pleased.

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- H.J. for avian101 on July 3, 2018 at 4:37 pm said:
  
  He was happy shooting pictures too! Thank you Susan! 🙂
  
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bayphotosbydonna on July 4, 2018 at 11:53 am said:

I love hearing you took Tyler on a photo op outing! Nice ducks, HJ! 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on July 4, 2018 at 1:54 pm said:
  
  Thank you Donna! Tyler is 8 y.o. and he understand more about things so we can go out with him… and I might learn a thing or two! Happy 4th of July! 🙂
  
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  - bayphotosbydonna on July 4, 2018 at 2:13 pm said:
    
    Happy 4th to you too HJ! 🙂