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Aug. 29th, 2006
my good deed for the day! :)
Aug. 29th, 2006 08:47 pmWell, we just saved a baby duckling.
OK before (around maybe 5) I'm sitting here at the puter, and kept hearing this really loud cheeping. I thought it's way too loud to be birds. so I went outside, and in my front garden, I heard a bit of flapping and cheeping. I eventually realized they must be ducks and their ducklings. I just followed them a little as I was curious but they must have been scared. anyway I heard the cheeps get further and further away so I just went inside. anyway cooked tea, heard this one loud cheeping again outside my window so went out, but couldn't catch anything. so I just had tea and watched Neighbours. then afterwoods, was at my puter again and could hear it. I went outside again and was out there in the cold for a while trying to find it. I was actually getting pretty close this time but still couldn't catch it. I then wondered if it got lost from its mother and went into call Mum. i explained it to her and she said that she saw all these ducks and duclings when she was here earlier. anyway to cut a long story short, she came down and eventually found the duckling. it was sooo tiny! hadn't seen anything so tiny! I got a towell (as it was freezing). A theory Mum had was that maybe those ducks had the ducklings here. but it did have fur though. anyway I'd told her that I was a bit worried in case I was a tad responsible for this duckling getting separated from the rest by my following them down the driveway. anyway I so wanted to keep it but Mum was saying she could probably monitor it better which she's probably right since it's so small! so she's going to call the R.S.P.C.A tomorrow I think. though she was joking that it could live with the chooks!
but it was sooo cute! It was in the towel on my lap but suddently climbed up on my shoulder. then when mum held it, it snuggled in her jacket like cuddling the mother! poor thing would not have survived tonight if I left it out there. so I'm just so happy that we rescued him/her in case any of that was my doing!
Til next time, RdFreak
OK before (around maybe 5) I'm sitting here at the puter, and kept hearing this really loud cheeping. I thought it's way too loud to be birds. so I went outside, and in my front garden, I heard a bit of flapping and cheeping. I eventually realized they must be ducks and their ducklings. I just followed them a little as I was curious but they must have been scared. anyway I heard the cheeps get further and further away so I just went inside. anyway cooked tea, heard this one loud cheeping again outside my window so went out, but couldn't catch anything. so I just had tea and watched Neighbours. then afterwoods, was at my puter again and could hear it. I went outside again and was out there in the cold for a while trying to find it. I was actually getting pretty close this time but still couldn't catch it. I then wondered if it got lost from its mother and went into call Mum. i explained it to her and she said that she saw all these ducks and duclings when she was here earlier. anyway to cut a long story short, she came down and eventually found the duckling. it was sooo tiny! hadn't seen anything so tiny! I got a towell (as it was freezing). A theory Mum had was that maybe those ducks had the ducklings here. but it did have fur though. anyway I'd told her that I was a bit worried in case I was a tad responsible for this duckling getting separated from the rest by my following them down the driveway. anyway I so wanted to keep it but Mum was saying she could probably monitor it better which she's probably right since it's so small! so she's going to call the R.S.P.C.A tomorrow I think. though she was joking that it could live with the chooks!
but it was sooo cute! It was in the towel on my lap but suddently climbed up on my shoulder. then when mum held it, it snuggled in her jacket like cuddling the mother! poor thing would not have survived tonight if I left it out there. so I'm just so happy that we rescued him/her in case any of that was my doing!
Til next time, RdFreak
