ducks

Stop feeding the goddamn ducks, Lynn tells stubborn old coot

adamg — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:16:11 +0000

The Daily Item reports the 80-year-old duck feeder refuses to stop, no matter how large the bill, she says God is on her side.

Court: You can't just run over a mother duck and get away with it

adamg — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:18:24 +0000

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today reinstated a man's conviction of cruelty to animals for squashing a mother duck leading her ducklings across a mall parking lot in Dartmouth in June, 2009.

Duck vs. stripers in Boston Harbor: The fish win every time

adamg — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:31:35 +0000

Bob took some video of the large stripers in the water between Long Wharf and the Aquarium - and how they beat a frustrated duck to the hunks of bread he threw to them:

Fowl deeds: Evil swans attack innocent little ducklings at Public Garden lagoon

adamg — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:29:02 +0000

Romeo and Juliet? This year's swans are more like dual Lady Macbeths. Mike the Mad Biologist chronicles the avian war on the lagoon:

... One day I saw one swan prevent the flock of ducklings from entering the pond: wherever the ducks went to try to jump in, the swan was right there hissing at them. That day, the swan even jumped out of the water and pursued them on land.

It gets even more vicious. The swan (again, no idea which one) will try to isolate a couple ducklings and then pursue those ducklings. The duck's mother then tries the 'broken wing' gambit (squawking loudly and then veering off, in an attempt to draw the swan away). It never works. These swans are on a mission.

Making way for ducklings - on Storrow Drive

adamg — Fri, 14 May 2010 00:47:18 +0000

Cutest traffic jam ever in the history of Boston.

Mr. and Mrs. Mallard arrived in town a little too early this year

adamg — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:27:44 +0000

Instead of a beautiful lagoon to float around in when they arrived in the Public Garden today, all they found was a giant field of mud, with a little rivulet running through it.

The Boston Parks Department says it had hoped to have the lagoon cleaned and ready for filling by now, but the nor'easter mucked things up.

Duck gliding through the French flag in Gloucester Harbor

adamg — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:23:33 +0000

Cool photo from up north.

Dethpicable: Cambridge board votes to boot ducks out of town

adamg — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:51:36 +0000

Wicked Local Cambridge reports the Cambridge Zoning Board of Appeals ruled tonight that a Putnam Street co-op house has to send its three ducks and two chickens to someplace more rural, such as Arlington.

Residents vowed to appeal the decision that fowl are not allowed under city bylaws to the city council, which, however, is a bit preoccupied these days with attempting to select a mayor - something it has so far failed to do after six weeks.

Crying fowl: Possible ban on ducks in Cambridge ruffles feathers

adamg — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:28:00 +0000

The owners of three Cayuga ducks and two Wyandotte chickens are blogging to keep Cambridge from banning their pets.

The duck king

adamg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:49:13 +0000

Steve Borichevsky photographs a king eider serenely bobbing in the water off Gloucester.

Later, Mrs. Mallard moved to West Roxbury, where she had fewer problems crossing the street

adamg — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:31:26 +0000

Channel 5 posts photos of a duck and her ducklings crossing the street at Centre and Alaric today.

Timmy, back away from the duck!

adamg — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:54:59 +0000

Encounter in the Public Garden:

Like ducks to water

adamg — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:31:05 +0000

Steve Garfield posts video of some Jamaica Pond ducks that found a watering hole in the ice.

Duck in a pond at sunset in the Arboretum

adamg — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:32:34 +0000

Lizdc has her camera handy.

Ducklings saved from drowning in the Christian Science reflecting pool

adamg — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:33:15 +0000

Yes, this story is all it's quacked up to be.