The "teenage" ducklings 1.

Duck Up-date

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October 11th 2008
This has been a great year - for DUCKS!!! All the rain has been well appreciated and we have had several clutches (or should that be flocks/ ...?????) of ducklings . One family of 12 all managed to survive withou succumbing to the hawks and two other hatchings kept their numbers to five or six. The photo's just show the largest family who are now almost as large as their Mother. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Whangarei

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more