I was actually fishing this same location a few days ago. I saw what I believe to be, an adult duck couple (if that even exists...LOL).
No ducklings to be found.
Understanding that it's nature's way...it is what it is and I've mourned long enough (doesn't help that I actually ate some duck last week
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On a side-note, I was periodically chumming some bunker and had quite the gathering of gulls surrounding the boat. I kept the chum-slick close to the boat so that by the time the current moved my slick, it was too deep for the gulls to pick at...needless to say, they must have been pissed about that because they kept squawking. I too, had some choice words for them each time I emptied my cutting board into the drink.
There was this one particularly large gull sitting amongst them...he seemed to be making the most noise. After some time, the 6 - 8 gulls were off the port side about 15 yds....for some unknown reason to me....the smaller gulls started attacking that one larger gull. For about 5 solid minutes, they dive-bombed and squawked at him. I thought for a moment that perhaps he was sitting on some morsel of food upon which they were trying to steal....but this was not the case. He had nothing
There must be more to those tiny little brains than what I first gave them credit for, they were obviously upset about something and wanted to share their displeasure with him. Can these creatures really think past the thought of simple survival? Do they harbor jealous or malicious thoughts? Do they hold grudges? dammmnnn, I can't believe I've wasted all this time on stupik seagull chat, to add to my disgust for them, a couple of them shat on my boat...
...was it on purpose? Coincidence?....I'll let Raven decipher this mess, as the saying goes....birds of a feather,,,,..