this duck drowned after I shot it ) :

[marie]

I took a few shots of this duck yesterday
(which was swimming alone on the canal)

the lady who lives in a barge right there, threw bread into the water
but a pike (or something) must have pulled the bird from underneath
as that was the last we saw of the duck http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_cry.gif

( either this or another shot I took of it.
I looked through the shots to see could I see anything underwater
which was ready to attack)
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we were both shocked . it went out of sight..... forever
we waited and waited . no splashing. no nothing
she said she never saw anything like that happen before
and she and her husband are a long time cruising the canals

( some may remember I took shots of her beautiful barge with flower pots on top... last year)

horrible feeling watching it happen before your eyes
and yet not having seen anything happen

there are a lot of reeds growing underneath the water.
the duck didn't go under the barge
I have no idea what exactly happened




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[dewmuw]

What do you expect if you shot it? :)

Did it flap it's wings as it went under? If ducks see a predator (like a hawk) flying over they will flap their wings and dive below the surface. The flapping of the wings unsettles the water and the hawk cannot see them through the waves - a duck can then swim under water for an incredible distance.

It would be unusual for a pike to take a full grown mallard such as this - but not impossible.

[marie]

What do you expect if you shot it? :)

Did it flap it's wings as it went under? If ducks see a predator (like a hawk) flying over they will flap their wings and dive below the surface. The flapping of the wings unsettles the water and the hawk cannot see them through the waves - a duck can then swim under water for an incredible distance.

It would be unusual for a pike to take a full grown mallard such as this - but not impossible.

no flapping Damian
no farewell
no hawk

:cry: :cry: :cry:


thinking though:confused:
you could be right
maybe she saw something we didn't and swam away underwater
way way on further

thank you
that could well have happened

the lady suggested a pike as her husband does some fishing around there

I couldn't see that happening without a struggle of some:confused: kind
(showing above water)

[dewmuw]

Maybe it was a Great White Shark on holiday?

[MarkoPolo]

Gosh, Marie, I hope you never "shoot" me! :D :D

[stoneylonesome]

Nice shot Marie, Good gosh you got alligators in the canels over there? :lol: :lol: Never heard of a fish like a pike grabbing a duck.

[roanjohn]

..........food poisoning??

What a sad story..........I will still go for the duck swimming much further underwater.

Nice shot.

Ro1

[Belmondo]

Nessie?

Oh....wait, that's Scotland.

Alligator? Pirhanas?

Considering there was a time in our not-too-distant past when we would have happily killed and eaten that duck, it's amazing we feel so bad when they meet an untimely end.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Sorry Marie,. that is a shocking thing to witness :(

I've seen the same happen to ducks and even a tern once.. I have the tern on film..

...but it's allways been snapping turtles in the locals that I have seen this.. and chance of snapping turtles in the canals?

My Aunt has the worst story though I've heard along these lines. They were taking a cruise in Alaska,. and in one of the beautifull bays that were watching Bald Eagles snapping fish up out of the water.

Well one of them managed to hook a slamon that was much too large for it to possibly carry off,.. The shape of there talons is such that without a surface on which to push against,. they usually can not get there hooks out.

Such was the case in this instance... all they could do was look on as the Eagle struggled and eventually drowned :(

[cmM]

Nessie?

Oh....wait, that's Scotland.

Alligator? Pirhanas?

hahahaha... Nessie's long lost little cousing from Ireland maybe http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

Nice shot Marie... sorry the duck was lost like this.

[Belmondo]

My Aunt has the worst story though I've heard along these lines. They were taking a cruise in Alaska,. and in one of the beautifull bays that were watching Bald Eagles snapping fish up out of the water.

Well one of them managed to hook a slamon that was much too large for it to possibly carry off,.. The shape of there talons is such that without a surface on which to push against,. they usually can not get there hooks out.

Such was the case in this instance... all they could do was look on as the Eagle struggled and eventually drowned :(

Apparently the eagle's mother never warned him of the consequences of letting his eyes be bigger than his stomach. Boy, you talk about unintended consequences........

[RbrtPtikLeoSeny]

Woah, poor eagle, but I doubt the duck was taken down by a fish..... too quiet...... I bet he just dived under or something.

[freddycr]

maybe your duck dove to catch a fish and got tangled in some long algae...

[Mills]

Marie, are the Pike that big over there? I seem to remember that they are much larger than the ones here in North America. I want to remember hearing of huge Pike by you.

[Maureen Souza]

Oh how sad Marie. At least he had a last bite to eat before he met his demise......

[JMAS]

That's sad, Marie.

I hope he did dive for some reason and is OK.

[marie]

thanks all of you and for your stories and your thoughts and jokes
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I was thinking and want to say about something

last year when out with Foxy (dog) by the canal she went to the edge to have a drink . there were so many reeds about ( the side of the canal) that when she plopped down on them, she sank a little . as they were growing out into the water also and she thought it was 'land'

but the reeds caught her legs underneath and pulled her down and out more ... in the water .

I got such a fright . tried to reach out to her .
some may remember me telling about it after it happened last year.

when Foxy was being pulled down her eyes were almost popping out of her head with fear.
I will never forget the look .
she was out too far for me to reach and seemed to be going down slowly.

I lay on the bank after getting a huge stick and tried to get to her that way.
it was a nightmare , it really was. and all so quiet.

I was grabbing the reeds growing around to try and hold myself on the bank
as I reached out to her but they kept breaking.

I hit Foxy with the stick to try and push her to one side so as I could even grab her tail. her eyes really had such fear in them
I don't know exactly how it happened but I got her in close enough to reach out and grab something of her , to yank her towards me.

her thin little legs had tangled in the weedy reeds underneath the water.

I took one last reach out and jerked her in with such force that she hit the bank behind me, but she was safe and very well and lay there for a while
as I did
I just lay there on the ground. could not believe what happened
we both had had a narrow escape
then Foxy just shook herself and ran ahead as usual.

I have never been the same with a dog by the canal since.
watch her all the time if she goes near the edge

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I think that is maybe something of what may have happened the duck
but am not sure

showing this other picture
we don't always see everything when taking a shot
but she had moved into this mess of reeds.

I know she would be used to them
but I started thinking about the ordeal with Foxy later
maybe I was even when I was posting the other picture.
but later on it all really came back to me

thanks everyone.
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this picture was taken at 13.35 pm
the other picture (above) was taken at 13.34.pm
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who knows, maybe the little duck is swimming around happily still.


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the people who own the barge come from Manchester Damian
they paid one thousand five hundred pounds (sterling )
£1,500
just to get the barge brought over.

said the canals are so peaceful here
that in the uk they have so much traffic (on the canals)
and have to Q for a long time at the locks
here they can go for many miles without passing another.
they love it

I saw the canals outside Chester and other places and they are beautifully looked after.
very busy alright
but very beautiful
the couple will be moving down towards the Shannon at the end of the month
this is their barge (picture taken last year)

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[dewmuw]

Glad that foxy was OK Marie. It is amazing the number of people who die each year rescuing their dog from ponds, streams and the sea. You did the sensible thing and stayed out of the water.

I can understand what the people say about the canals over here. I've been to many to take shots and it can be very congested around the locks (especially at weekends).

[2goldens]

Marie, I just finished reading the stories and I am sorry about your duck. I have never see any thing like that. Now I have been told of stories about pike here in the States that have taken family pets. Small dogs. I have two Golden Retrievers and the love the water. At 60 pounds each I don’t worry about them much swimming around Lade Mead here in Las Vegas, Nevada.

I would love to visit your part of the world some day. My wife and I have been very busy with other things the past two years that have taken away from our budget. (Home, Cars and Dogs). The only place exciting I will see this year is Disney World in Florida.

Keep posting those great photos. When I get all my photograph photos down loaded and into this computer I will post a few myself.

Again sorry about the duck. :( :(

[marie]

Apparently the eagle's mother never warned him of the consequences of letting his eyes be bigger than his stomach. Boy, you talk about unintended consequences........

see Cyber (CDS)
this is why I answer every post and the figures add up
because if I don't, I leave out stories like you just told to say thanks for telling it especially... you put the fear of God into me saying about the numbershttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif

I look back here now and I see all the lovely concerned replies
and I had to skip them individually because I was trying to put my replies all on my last post (like the ducks http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_cry.gif )

just to say ha ha ha and thanks to Damian ...
saying about the great white sharkhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif

I will be careful shooting Marko Polohttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif
thanks

Sandy thanks, never heard of a pike grabbing a duck
but this is an Irish Pike Sandy http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif
it's called an pikeagator

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thanks Roanjohn, maybe it was the bread . food poisoninghttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif


thanks Tom (belmondo) http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif Nessy Monster stays in Scotland
loves it there. sees no reason to move



thanks Cyber. never saw turtles around the canalhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif
awful what you say about the eagle and the salmon. thanks for the story
I guess it goes on all the time
I saw a hawk swoop down and pick a rat up , as though out of nowhere, and carry it away . gliding through the air with the rat hanging out of it's beak
it all happened in a flash
( when I was in Australia)
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nature's ways


http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif thanks Chris
Nessie's other half may be over here on holiday and took a jump at the duck


thanks Robert
hopefully it dived under and swam onwards . didn't think that watching and waiting http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif
never know though

thanks Freddy, it sounds to me like what may have happened
( more especially when thinking about the Foxy story later)


thanks Mills, I have no idea what size the pike can be here
if one did get the duck it will be much bigger now http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif



thanks Maureen
the last supper http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_cry.gif


thanks Jaime
hope so but one wonders.
thinking of Foxy's story especially
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[marie]

Glad that foxy was OK Marie. It is amazing the number of people who die each year rescuing their dog from ponds, streams and the sea. You did the sensible thing and stayed out of the water.

I can understand what the people say about the canals over here. I've been to many to take shots and it can be very congested around the locks (especially at weekends).

I don't swim or I would have thrown off everything http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif to have rescued her Damian
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when I was very young a neighbour (a red haired boy)http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif ducked me under the water at the seaside and kept me under for a while
having a laugh with the boys.

I guess it didnt help my future plans for learning to not be afraid of deep water
when he was nine he asked me to marry him
I was eight
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[marie]

Marie, I just finished reading the stories and I am sorry about your duck. I have never see any thing like that. Now I have been told of stories about pike here in the States that have taken family pets. Small dogs. I have two Golden Retrievers and the love the water. At 60 pounds each I don’t worry about them much swimming around Lade Mead here in Las Vegas, Nevada.

I would love to visit your part of the world some day. My wife and I have been very busy with other things the past two years that have taken away from our budget. (Home, Cars and Dogs). The only place exciting I will see this year is Disney World in Florida.

Keep posting those great photos. When I get all my photograph photos down loaded and into this computer I will post a few myself.

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thanks for saying about the pike taking family pets
2goldens

that certainly is interesting

it's the fact there was no struggle at all makes me wonder
I noticed that about Foxy going down also
she never struggled . just her eyes seemed to be coming out of her head with fright
hope your dogs stay safe .
they are fairly big


you'll make it over here someday.

so many things we all have to see and dohttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif

nearest to home (for you) like disney world is a great opportunity in the meantime
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many thanks... about the duck

[dewmuw]

I don't swim or I would have thrown off everything http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_eek.gif to have rescued her Damian
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when I was very young a neighbour (a red haired boy)http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif ducked me under the water at the seaside and kept me under for a while
having a laugh with the boys.

I guess it didnt help my future plans for learning to not be afraid of deep water
when he was nine he asked me to marry him
I was eight
and knew better by thenhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif
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It is never too late Marie. I only learnt to swin 2 years ago when the kids bought me adult swimming lessons for father's day. :)

I will freely admit that I was terrified of the water and had a similar experience to you in childhood. In fact on my first swimming lesson I fell under (in the shallow end:o :o) and it all came flooding back.

But do check out adult swimming lessons. I took them, went from fear to swimming in about 2 months and love it now. Take the kids every weekend in fact.

Worst bit about learning was coming out of the chaning rooms in my trunks first time round! :shock:

[Mills]

Marie, you reminded me how much I love Lily and Ruby. Couldn't imagine losing them or even an experience like the one you had with Foxy.

[sixshot]

This is a true mystery. Maybe file a missing duck ad with the local police. It is bound to turn up somewhere! I go with the firghtened, dive, swim theory.

[marie]

It is never too late Marie. I only learnt to swin 2 years ago when the kids bought me adult swimming lessons for father's day. :)

I will freely admit that I was terrified of the water and had a similar experience to you in childhood. In fact on my first swimming lesson I fell under (in the shallow end:o :o) and it all came flooding back.

But do check out adult swimming lessons. I took them, went from fear to swimming in about 2 months and love it now. Take the kids every weekend in fact.

Worst bit about learning was coming out of the chaning rooms in my trunks first time round! :shock:


great that you did that Damian and for the kids to do that for you .
I guess Una was the brains behind that move.
:)
and great that you got over your first appearance in the swimming trunks:lol:
sorry about falling in in the shallow end

it's a good job it was not the deep end :shock:
you would never ever have gone back in ...
any end
:confused:
I got into swimming togs ok but never into deep water
just toe tipping around.

having a bath is another struggle (joke):lol: :lol:

I was always the one minding the clothes on the beach :lol:
still am
suits me fine

breath seemed to go when the water got higher up on me
so I just figured I could live without it (swimming)
thanks for saying I could still learn.

I think you were great to do it
and the kids must be dead proud of you
wonderful for them too

think it's great to be able to swim
and very important, besides everything else going for it:cool:

thanks

[PhotosGuy]

when he was nine he asked me to marry him
I was eight
and knew better by then Somewhere, your duck is still swimming Marie, & he's ducking someone else in the water! ;-)

[dewmuw]

great that you did that Damian and for the kids to do that for you .
I guess Una was the brains behind that move.
:)
and great that you got over your first appearance in the swimming trunks:lol:
sorry about falling in in the shallow end

it's a good job it was not the deep end :shock:
you would never ever have gone back in ...
any end
:confused:
I got into swimming togs ok but never into deep water
just toe tipping around.

having a bath is another struggle (joke):lol: :lol:

I was always the one minding the clothes on the beach :lol:
still am
suits me fine

breath seemed to go when the water got higher up on me
so I just figured I could live without it (swimming)
thanks for saying I could still learn.

I think you were great to do it
and the kids must be dead proud of you
wonderful for them too

think it's great to be able to swim
and very important, besides everything else going for it:cool:

thanks


Una is always the brains behind everything! :)

During my first lesson we went to the deep end, holding on the side, and the instructor asked if we felt like letting go and floating. Mole grips and screwdrivers could not have unclenched my fingers from the bar!!

I know what you mean about breathing - for the first month of lesson I would gasp for breath when water splashed over my face.

Go for it Marie!! You'll learn to love it and then you can go bog snorkelling in all those canals! :D

[marie]

Marie, you reminded me how much I love Lily and Ruby. Couldn't imagine losing them or even an experience like the one you had with Foxy.


it was the most awful terrible moment Mills
hard to describe the feeling, to really explain the awfulness of it

who would ever think their dog would drown while having a nice walk by the canal on a good day ?
it's took away the real enjoyment if she is loose, as I keep looking around to make sure she is not reaching down to the water .

it's like when a fire happens close to us
( I mean in the house)
we never really get over the shock
whenever we see flames it all comes back
hope Lily and Ruby last a long long time ..naturally

ps
my mother's name was Lily
:lol:

[marie]

This is a true mystery. Maybe file a missing duck ad with the local police. It is bound to turn up somewhere! I go with the firghtened, dive, swim theory.

quack quack
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would you like to come to dinner and have some grub ?
your avatar looks hungryhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif

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[marie]

Somewhere, your duck is still swimming Marie, & he's ducking someone else in the water! http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif


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all his brothers went away to be priests Frank

he was the only one who didn't

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[marie]

Una is always the brains behind everything! http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

During my first lesson we went to the deep end, holding on the side, and the instructor asked if we felt like letting go and floating. Mole grips and screwdrivers could not have unclenched my fingers from the bar!!

I know what you mean about breathing - for the first month of lesson I would gasp for breath when water splashed over my face.

Go for it Marie!! You'll learn to love it and then you can go bog snorkelling in all those canals! http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

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memo to self
must get an underwater canon


thanks Damian.
don't think so now


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I can just imagine your first trip into the deep end.
and letting gohttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif

they make it look so easy

[dewmuw]

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I can just imagine your first trip into the deep end.
and letting gohttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif

they make it look so easy

Heck it took me weeks to let go! :)

Funny but the first time I took Martin he jumped straight in when we were still blowing up his arm bands! :)

[marie]

Heck it took me weeks to let go! :)

Funny but the first time I took Martin he jumped straight in when we were still blowing up his arm bands! :)

:lol:
( blowing up his armbands)




which goes to prove it has to all happen when we are young
:)

no fear of anything...almost :shock:


until something happens us :cry: :cry: :evil: :cry: :cry:

[dewmuw]

:lol:
( blowing up his armbands)




which goes to prove it has to all happen when we are young
:)

no fear of anything...almost :shock:


until something happens up :cry: :cry: :evil: :cry: :cry:

He's just lost his first teeth and thought it was hilarious on Sunday to squirt water out through the gap in the pool! Until I told him people did wees in the water! :lol: :lol:

[marie]

He's just lost his first teeth and thought it was hilarious on Sunday to squirt water out through the gap in the pool! Until I told him people did wees in the water! http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif

ha ha ha ha ha

he probably did it himself too, but forgot until that moment

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[stoneylonesome]

when he was nine he asked me to marry him
I was eight
and knew better by then

WOW! already a heartbreaker at eight. Way to go Marie. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[marie]

WOW! already a heartbreaker at eight. Way to go Marie. http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif



thanks Sandy.
:lol: http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif :lol: :lol:

[sixshot]

quack quack
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would you like to come to dinner and have some grub ?
your avatar looks hungryhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif

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Think it may be a bit late!! But thanks for the invite. Also, Irelands a tad far away.........

[Maureen Souza]

I like your new avatar marie.... it's nice to see (some of) your face.

[marie]

I like your new avatar marie.... it's nice to see (some of) your face.

thanks Maureen
just shot it in the car mirror (as a passenger)
I must have forgot I had my sunglasses onhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif
don't know how I got it (could see)
what with the movement and the sunglasses
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