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<\/a>\nLong-tailed ducks body surfing.<\/em><\/p>\n
How Did the Ducks Avoid Being Battered on the Rocks?<\/h2>\n
Frankly, I thought some of the ducks nearest to the breakwater rocks were suicidal. When one of the big waves broke ashore, it actually caused a low resonant boom like distant thunder.<\/p>\n The conflicting currents caused by incoming swells and retreating whitecaps made for strange peaks and valleys that would suddenly move en masse forward and into the limestone.<\/p>\n Some of the smaller ducks, like the Bufflehead, dealt with the danger by swimming back out towards the Lake when they felt too close.<\/p>\n They rode the swells like pieces of dandelion fuzz.<\/p>\n Other ducks, particularly the larger long-tailed ducks, would try to ride the waves. But if they were in danger of getting buried under a foaming white cap crest, they would dive right through the wall of the building wave.<\/p>\n I have no way of knowing if any one duck made a fatal error in judgment and ended up broken on the rocks. I sure hope not, though!<\/p>\n Watching the ducks diving for food, probably zebra mussels, in these huge rolling swells made an entertaining afternoon.<\/p>\n Related Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n Join In<\/strong> I didn’t see any ducks bashed on the rocks but I saw some close calls. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[25,231,302,57,63,77,475],"class_list":["post-4451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rambles","tag-birds","tag-bufflehead","tag-j-c-saddington","tag-lake-ontario","tag-long-tailed-ducks","tag-mississauga","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4451"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4456,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4451\/revisions\/4456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalcrooks.com\/rambles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
\nBufflehead male bobbing on top of the waves.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThe male Bufflehead is in a trough.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nNotice that this Bufflehead has spread its tail for stability.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nThere’s a duck just below that white foam if you look.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nEven the Bufflehead dove sometimes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\n
\nHave you ever wondered why ducks like to live dangerously? Please share your views with a comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"