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Rödluvan and the ducks
in the cold
Part 1
January
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I went to the pond by the
hospital almost every day. This duck was flying up to me and took the bread out of
my hand.
A woman who was from the USA took the
picture. |
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2009-01-07. It was cold and the
pond by the hospital is the only one pond in town that has open water the
whole year. The river, the lakes and the other ponds are frozen in
winter. |
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2009-01-07. It was twelve in
the afternoon but the sun don't reach the park this time of the
year. There was a blue light over the snow. |
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2009-01-07. The crow was walking on
the ice and seemed to find something to eat. |
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2009-01-07. Look there is a red
tent in the park! |
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2009-01-07. No it's not a tent.
It's me with my big hood. :-) |
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2009-01-07. It was so cold. The ducks had frozen drops of ice on their feathers. |
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2009-01-07. I fed the ducks. |
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2009-01-07. When threw
bread in the water all the ducks wanted to be there. |
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2009-01-07. There was a female who
always sat on the railing of the bridge when I came. That
duck was not afraid of me and dare to eat out of my
hand. |
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2009-01-07. Many hungry ducks. |
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2009-01-07. Here the female is on
the bridge railing again. I called her "The Bridge duck". |
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2009-01-07. She wanted more food. |
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2009-01-07. Here you can see that there
is not much open water left. But there is water in the creek and the
tunnel too. |
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2009-01-07. The blue hour over the
frozen part of pond. |
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2009-01-07. Me on my way
back to the hospital. Here the sun did reached my face. But
the sun does not warm this time of the year. |
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2009-01-08. This day it was snowing
a little. I got snow on my hood. I took the "face
pictures" myself by putting out my arm and hold the camera in front
of my face. |
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2009-01-08. I came to the
park and then.........Flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flap,
flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flapp, flapp, flap, flap, flap,
flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flapp, flapp, flapp, flapp,
flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flapp, flapp, flapp,
flapp, flapp, flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flap, flapp, flapp,
flapp! |
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2009-01-08. There are two mallards
who looks like this. A male and a female. This is the male. |
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2009-01-08. This duck was very
hungry. This day there was no sunshine and then the pictures are
darker. |
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2009-01-08. Here the ducks were
following me on the path. It looked so funny. |
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2009-01-08. Many male ducks in the
water. |
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2009-01-08. Here a male bridge duck.
He also dare to eat out of my hand. He had bread in his beak. |
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2009-01-08. A snowy tent. No it's
me :) |
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2009-01-09. This day it was sunny
again. But the sun still did not reach the pond. Low sunlight and
long shadows. |
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2009-01-09. Me feeding the
bridge duck again. |
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2009-01-09. More, more, I'm hungry! |
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2009-01-09. Ducks sitting on the
ice. |
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2009-01-09. The bridge duck waiting
for food again. |
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2009-01-09. The sun is going down.
And it's still lunch time. |
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2009-01-09. The male bridge duck. |
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2009-01-09. The jackdaws also were
sitting on the railing waiting for food. |
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2009-01-09. The male bridge duck
looks so funny :) |
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2009-01-09. The male was falling
down and had to flap with his wings. The female got some bread. |
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2009-01-09. The male got a big
piece of bread. |
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2009-01-09. Ha, ha, this picture is
so funny :-D |
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2009-01-09. Who will get the piece
of bread? |
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2009-01-09. The female at the left
got is and she chased away the flapping male. |
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2009-01-09. Ha, ha, look at the
beak! :-D |
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2009-01-09. The whole gang sitting
on the bridge railing. |
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2009-01-09. Ducks in the creek. |
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2009-01-09. I liked this
little crow so much. His feathers looks furry. But this crow was
rather clumsy and not as fast as the others, I thinks it's a young crow.
I threw the bread as near him as I could
so he got some food. I called him for "Furry". |
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2009-01-09. Furry at the right and
another crow at the left. |
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2009-01-09. Crows on the snow. |
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2009-01-09. Many ducks in the pond. |
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2009-01-09. The bridge ducks and
two crows. |
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2009-01-12. I had not
reached the park yet, then the ducks left the park to meet me. |
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2009-01-12. First a loud "Quack,
quack!" that means "Rödluvan is coming" and then "FLAP, FLAP, FLAP, and all the ducks were
around me. |
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2009-01-12. Two ducks standing on
my boots. |
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2009-01-12. Look at the beak! :-D |
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2009-01-12. That time there was not
so much snow yet. |
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2009-01-12. The male duck was
flying up to my hand. |
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2009-01-12. Here they were
following me again. |
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2009-01-12. The strange white and brown
mallard in the foreground. |
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2009-01-12. Who will get the bread? |
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2009-01-12. The duck who was flying
up got it. |
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2009-01-12. Flying up to me again.
I fed with my left hand and took the pictures
with my right hand. |
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2009-01-12. Many of them. You can
see the strange white duck in the middle. |
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2009-01-13. Ducks around my
feet. |
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2009-01-13. I walked over
the bridge to the other side of the pond and then they came flying
over the pond to me. |
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2009-01-14. The two bridge ducks
arguing together. |
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2009-01-14. Still arguing. The female said he had to go.
She wanted the food. And he had to fly away. |
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2009-01-14. The Bridge female got
the bread. |
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2009-01-14. I had so much
fun. He, he the ducks are so funny. |
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2009-01-14. All the ducks were in
the pond now. Because there was a wolf (dog) in the park at the left. |
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2009-01-14. Ducks in the snow and in
the pond. |
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2009-01-16. The sun was shining a
little higher this day. It was bitter cold. |
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2009-01-16. It was so cold and then
there was steam in the pond. |
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2009-01-16. And the pond was more
frozen. |
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2009-01-16. Flying ducks in the
steam. |
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2009-01-16. The little furry crow
was also waiting for food. |
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2009-01-16. Feeding time again. |
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2009-01-16. Here the ducks were
following me again. |
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2009-01-16. They came flying to
me. |
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2009-01-16. Flap, flap! |
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2009-01-16. Flap, flap! |
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2009-01-16. This male happened to
land on the other male. It looked so funny :-) |
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2009-01-16. The female bridge duck. |
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2009-01-16. The male bridge duck. |
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2009-01-16. The low sun coloured
everything in gold. |
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2009-01-16. The bridge duck got a
big piece of bread. |
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2009-01-16. Ha, ha, ha! He looks so
funny with the big piece of bread in his beak! And he also looked fat
of all the bread he got :-) |
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2009-01-16. Cold for the ducks. |
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2009-01-16. Me in the steam. |
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2009-01-19. This day was dusk. But
the ducks came flying to me again. |
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2009-01-19. I met some female
students from the USA. One of them took the pictures there I'm feeding the ducks. |
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2009-01-19. I felt so happy. |
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2009-01-19. The bridge ducks were
on the railing again. |
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2009-01-19. Gobble! :-D |
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2009-01-19. Here they were arguing. |
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2009-01-19. Bla., bla, bla, bla. |
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2009-01-19. He is getting fat. |
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2009-01-19. She is getting fat too. |
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2009-01-19. Two males arguing. |
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2009-01-19. The bridge female and
male |
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2009-01-19. Kiss me! :-D |
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2009-01-19. No! Don't kiss so hard
we are falling off the railing....flap, flap, flap! |
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2009-01-19. Yummy! |
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2009-01-19. He should have landed
on the railing but missed it. |
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2009-01-19. Very hungry ducks in the
pond. |
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2009-01-19. The pond looks very
dark and dusk that day. |