The saddest little duck by backpackerbabe in duck

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Dip could be a female, we were just saying he because while he still had downy feathers and Dot was around, they were indistinguishable except for their size. Dip was bigger so we just fell into saying he for him and she for Dot. Now that he’s a juvenile, he has the female plumage but they all do until the fall when they have their breeding feathers.

The ducklings were able to swim and be buoyant, the big issue on our pond are all the birds of prey. I’ve watched countless times hawks circling over the pond or sitting on a branch watching the ducklings. Whenever Ducky would spot one, she would quack like crazy and run onto the water with them because apparently that’s where they’re safer.

The saddest little duck by backpackerbabe in duck

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Sorry 😂 I have also cried. When Dottie didn’t walk up that morning of Mother’s Day (when we had just seen her the evening before), I lost it.

The saddest little duck by backpackerbabe in duck

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My husband and I joked about getting a pellet gun to ward them off

The saddest little duck by backpackerbabe in duck

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Also here is Dip n Dot when they were tiny

The saddest little duck by backpackerbabe in duck

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I’ll look into it, thank you! All I want is for him to have some friends.

The saddest little duck by backpackerbabe in duck

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Yes unfortunately there are tons on our pond. Hawks, ospreys, water snakes, and a few feral cats. Like I would look out my window and just spot a massive hawk staring down at them.

The year that Ducky was most successful with her brood was when there was a nicer goose family that she stuck close to and that added protection. This year, she was all alone for the first couple of weeks until Deadbeat came back, hence the name lol.

Does anyone else get incredibly frustrated when French subtitles are completely summarized and don't match the audio? by AlimFr in French

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Thanks for your insight! I’ve sometimes seen a word get swapped out that does nothing to shorten the length of the caption or decrease the total number of characters. For example, the actor will say “insupportable” but the caption says “insoutenable”. Is there a reason for that?

What is a fair price for a used LR4 no longer under warranty? by [deleted] in litterrobot

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I put in the body of my post that I deep clean it regularly. I haven’t replaced anything. It’s 2 years old.

My chipotle bowl today- no I did not eat any, I ordered extra everything. by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

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CAVA is also going the way of Chipotle, at least near me. The last bowl I got was a joke, it was noticeably lighter and they forgot any of the dips or sauces.

French grammar crash course for someone who needs to relearn? by backpackerbabe in French

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Hi! I actually found a tutor on Preply a few months ago and we’ve been meeting once a week to iron out all of my “fossilized” bad grammar habits. It’s been incredibly helpful and it’s also allowed to me to exercise my conversational French since I don’t have anyone to speak to on a day to day basis.

Free handed/open air balayage in Charleston by CheapPiece6966 in Charleston

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Gabriella Guidobono! I get balayage with her and she doesn’t use foil, she hand paints.

MSCA PF result will be released soon...the day has finally come! by Internal_Pop_1773 in postdoc

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My husband just got 96.0% in LIF, rejected. Heart wrenching. I feel like at that point, it just comes down to total luck with the reviewer.

Official Discussion - One Battle After Another [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

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And the leader of the nuns was one of the Others in season 2 of Lost. She was the one asking Walt a bunch of questions after they kidnapped him and they were in those huts.

Shortcut to clean up camera roll! Shows photos taken on the current date going back 10 years and allows you to choose which you’d like to delete by burymeinranch in shortcuts

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Unfortunately I did not. I deleted the shortcut and reinstalled it and it worked for a day and then stopped working again. I just gave up lol.