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Post by downylover on Jun 22, 2016 9:17:05 GMT -5
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Post by hazelrunmama on Jun 23, 2016 17:53:48 GMT -5
Oh, crap. Connection is too slow to open it. I'll try again later!
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Post by downylover on Jun 29, 2016 16:58:11 GMT -5
Here's the text of the article (the site has some pictures of the duck and her ducklings along with it):
For reasons known only to one mother duck — and possibly guided by all that greenery and shade at low, low prices — this beloved bird always makes her spring nest at the Atlantic Superstore in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Right smack in middle of the garden display.
The duck, affectionately named Lucy, shows up every year, moving into her temporary digs for a couple of weeks to nest.
"She's hidden in the tall trees," Shelley Doyle, a manager at the garden center, told local newspaper The Guardian when Lucy arrived in early June this year. Staff members of the center, she added, protect Lucy by posting signs saying the trees around her nest have been sold.
And when her babies hatch, Lucy ventures out again, crossing a bustling intersection, past the nearby Burger King, across a field and into a boggy marsh.
All with a gaggle of newborn ducklings in tow.
This is Lucy's annual odyssey. And it's such a time-honored tradition in Charlottetown, locals give this freshly minted family a police escort to their summer home.
"We needed to assist with traffic as her and her ducklings crossed University Avenue, probably one of the busiest intersections in Charlottetown by the Burger King, and then on to the marsh in the back of University Avenue," Sean Coombs, of the Charlottetown Police Service, told CBC News.
"We don't mind assisting at all, you know, get her and her ducklings across safely and it all worked out," he said.
Godspeed, Lucy. See you next year.
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Post by luv2bird on Jun 29, 2016 17:03:46 GMT -5
That is a very heartwarming story, so touching.
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Post by hazelrunmama on Jun 30, 2016 22:40:30 GMT -5
That is very heartwarming! Makes me smile! Thanks for printing the text--our connection is slow and it looks like it will be slow until the tourist traffic dies down in Sept... So till then, we have to deal with dial-up speeds... (LOL That emoticon is perfect!)
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Post by BarbK on Jul 3, 2016 9:21:40 GMT -5
Beautiful story, Hazel.
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Post by hazelrunmama on Jul 3, 2016 13:14:54 GMT -5
Thanks, BarbK, but it was downylover's link! I happen to agree it's a great story, though!
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Post by BarbK on Jul 3, 2016 13:50:31 GMT -5
OOPS! Thanks, Hazel.
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Post by BarbK on Jul 3, 2016 14:01:04 GMT -5
Downylover, I love these stories and videos on TV of baby ducks following the mother. I love the fact that everyone takes care that this little family is kept safe, and that it has turned into an annual event. Just beautiful.
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