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Lonely but brave duckling

Lonely but brave duckling

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Mark Billiau.


Premium (World), region Antwerp, Belgium

Lonely but brave duckling

The duckling of a mallard is precocious which means that it leaves the nest pretty soon after hatching.
It can immediately swim and feed independently on insects, seeds and plants.

Most of the ducklings stay always near their mother for protection, but not this specimen that I shot.
It was only 1 or 2 days old, so small, so delicate, but oh so brave, it was exploring the lake far away from its mom.
Dangerous, because grey herons were in the neighbourhood.....

Dutch name : Wilde eend
German name : Stockente
Latin name : Anas platyrhynchos

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