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so....whats with the ducks in merville?

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  • 08-03-2011 12:34pm
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    baspower
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    i'm sure you guys have spotted them as well...have seen lot of girls trying to allure them with bread and catch 'em with boxes as well...haha...so what's the story with the birds?

    some kind of season change thing? where are they coming from....the lake?


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    Rothmans
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    baspower wrote: »
    i'm sure you guys have spotted them as well...have seen lot of girls trying to allure them with bread and catch 'em with boxes as well...haha...so what's the story with the birds?

    some kind of season change thing? where are they coming from....the lake?

    Oh they're back! It was the same this time last year. Don't know why they come up to Merville though. It was only last year that I learned that ducks could fly, all because of these ducks. I assume they come up from they lake.


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    smurk
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    lovin the ducks in merville!


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    HughOrBrady
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    baspower wrote: »
    i'm sure you guys have spotted them as well...have seen lot of girls trying to allure them with bread and catch 'em with boxes as well...haha...so what's the story with the birds?

    some kind of season change thing? where are they coming from....the lake?

    They were ordered in for the new lake between Engineering and Quinn, but arrived a few months early by accident. They are being accommodated in Merville until the new lake is ready.


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    baspower
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    They wanted to go into centra yesterday...get lunch probably...haha


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    Gingy
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    I was wondering for ages why they kept setting up shop outside my apartment, then my room-mate tells me he's been feeding them for days!;)


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    Sierra Oscar
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    They were around last year too . . . used to freak me out! :eek:


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    ironclaw
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    I'm not an expert but I think ducks and some other water borne birds have their young away from water. There used be a duck that crossed from the Department of Justice to St. Stephens Green every year with her ducklings while traffic was stopped, or so the story goes.


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