{"id":188,"date":"2008-05-04T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T05:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=188"},"modified":"2014-07-04T16:55:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T23:55:21","slug":"duck-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/05\/04\/duck-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Duck Watching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was one of those stunningly beautiful days that take your breath away and make you happy to be alive.<\/p>\n<p>We took a walk down to Lake Washington and under a tree just off the dock at the Water Activites Center at UW, we found this little family of ducks.<\/p>\n<p>If you look very carefully, you can see mama behind the tall grass on the right (her bill is sticking out near the top of a blade of grass).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ducklings by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2465577477\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"333\" alt=\"ducklings\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2365\/2465577477_c334fed656.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She then herded her brood into a different area of their little marsh.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ducklings by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2465577833\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"ducklings\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2058\/2465577833_17d4e85937.jpg?resize=399%2C500\" width=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"duck and ducklings by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2466403712\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"333\" alt=\"duck and ducklings\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3114\/2466403712_79321a6be0.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>keeping an eye out for predators (we watched her shoo away a crow that got too close; Unfortunately, I missed that shot).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"mama duck with ducklings by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2466403842\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"333\" alt=\"mama duck with ducklings\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2060\/2466403842_d0266cfbc8.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course mama had to eat, too. (Remember that, you have to take care of yourself first in order to have the strength to take care of others.)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Duck Family by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2466405208\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"399\" alt=\"Duck Family\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2065\/2466405208_964534236e.jpg?resize=500%2C399\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Time for some more exploring<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Duck Family by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2465579623\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Duck Family\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3109\/2465579623_d9e0bd1359.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mama came over to check us out. (she didn&#8217;t seem to be too stressed out by our presence, but then we tried to stay as quiet as possible. We settled in and watched them for a good hour)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"056 by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2465579371\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" alt=\"056\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3111\/2465579371_e90a43c38d.jpg?resize=500%2C400\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were male ducks there as well<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mallards by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2465580321\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Mallards\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3147\/2465580321_532c8a8684.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>they spent a lot of time bathing and grooming<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Ducks by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2465579059\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Ducks\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2201\/2465579059_7520830915.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>for the most part, mama was letting the ducklings explore more than she was herding them. But she wouldn&#8217;t let them get too far away.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"duck and duckling by coffeejitters, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/coffeejitters\/2466402738\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"375\" alt=\"duck and duckling\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3155\/2466402738_4b4d4630a6.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">\u00a9 Copyright Judy Haley 2008. All rights reserved.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was one of those stunningly beautiful days that take your breath away and make you happy to be alive. We took a walk down to Lake Washington and under a tree just off the dock at the Water Activites Center at UW, we found this little family of ducks. If you look very carefully, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[697],"tags":[239,18],"class_list":["post-188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seattle-living-well","tag-birds","tag-critters","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"697":{"name":"Seattle","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/life-skills\/adventure-living-well\/seattle-living-well\/"}},"tags_names":{"239":{"name":"birds","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/birds\/"},"18":{"name":"critters","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/tag\/critters\/"}},"comments_number":0,"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1fDeG-32","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8341,"url":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2015\/04\/25\/the-birds-and-the-bees-of-butterflies\/","url_meta":{"origin":188,"position":0},"title":"The birds and the bees of butterflies","author":"Judy Schwartz Haley","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"growing butterflies from caterpillars, and releasing them to the wild.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Daily Life&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Daily Life","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/category\/living-well\/daily-life-living-well\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/butterlies.png?fit=1200%2C675&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/butterlies.png?fit=1200%2C675&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/butterlies.png?fit=1200%2C675&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/butterlies.png?fit=1200%2C675&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/butterlies.png?fit=1200%2C675&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5722,"href":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188\/revisions\/5722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}