BLANE KLEMEK OUTDOORS: Teal ducks are peppy little creatures
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Blane Klemek: Blue duck or green duck, there s something very special about the tiny teal
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Blane Klemek: It s a miracle any baby animals survive -- everybody wants a piece of them
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To be a baby animal born into a harsh environment full of predators, inclement weather, disease and parasites, is the definition of vulnerability. Indeed, whether that baby animal is an avian nestling of any and all kinds, a white-tailed deer fawn, a baby cottontail rabbit, or frogs and toads having just left their natal ponds after surviving their tadpole transitions, it’s a miracle that any infant creature makes it to adulthood at all.
Once again the resident trumpeter swan pair commenced to courting and nesting on Assawa Lake in early spring. The pair, now a little more experienced, were second nesters, although last year their five cygnets perished one by one, the last two dying inexplicably a month and half after hatching.