Hi All,

I wrote the below article for the RSPB Community Form following a trip out with my 5ear old daughter to see and feed the waterfowl at Chew Valley lakes. Whilst she was busy feeding a group of a dozen ducks had me quite amused and I took a few snaps to remind me of it. When I got home I couldn't resist putting down on paper as I was sure it would be entertaining for others to so t through the mad eyes of Higgy!!!..

Below is the story as it unfolded and the original post that I wrote on the RSPB forum pages...


"Here I am suffering another bout of insomnia and sat here editing a few pictures that made me smile so I thought a little compilation was called for!!...
Yes ducks can dance.....
MILDRED - "Oh I'm so bored, no one's taking any notice of me, it must be that darn big Bird Of Prey they are all smitten on!"
"So bored! Those birders wouldn't even noticed if us ducks started dancing! LOL"

"Talking of dancing where's that music coming from!?..........."
"HEY Brian come ere I want to dance with you!!"....

MILDRED - "Come on Brian don't be shy you know you want to!!....."
BRIAN - "HEEELLLLLPPPPPPPPP!!!!!"....

MILDRED - "Come on feel the beat"....
BRIAN - "HEEEELLLPP Midred's gone mad!!"......

DORIS - "Come on Brian be a sport, I've got the beat now also!.... Just stand still will you and let me get a grip on you!".....
BRIAN - "HEEEEELLLLPPPP you've all gone mad, I don't want to dance!!!!....."

 DORIS "That's it I'm on now, what dance did you say it was?"
MILDRED - "I'm not sure maybe the rumba? I know that your next though Ducky!....."
DUCKY - "GULP!!"


DUCKY - "No I'm not!!.... I'm OFFFFF......"

MAL - "Over here Ducky"....

DUCKY - "Oh thanks Mal, they've all gone mad dancing over there!!....."

 MAL - "I know it's that music.....OH OOOO OH AH I Like this track, it makes me want to break dance!"......

MAL "Oh yeh do the robot!!...."

 DUCKY -"Oh no I'm off again!!!"


BRIAN - "Oh I'm getting into this now! Come on Tom jump on"....
TOM - "Oh what fun!!!"...


TOM - "Turn up the volume! Come on Mildred this dancing lark is real fun!"

BRIAN "Wayhey! La la la la, this is great!!!...."
DORIS - "OWW CAREFUL WHERE YOU STICK THAT BILL PLEASE BRIAN!!!!"

 TUFTER - "Oh I can't believe what I'm watching here!"....
 

 VANESSA & VICTOR - "Oh how COMMON! We much prefer Ballet, It's much more sophisticated....."


HANK - "HA HA HA Well I think it's hilarious! BURRP!....HA HA HA..."


DORIS - "YES!! I've sussed it, I know what this music is, come on follow me....."
DORIS - " It's THE CONGER!!"
DORIS, MILDRED, BRIAN & TOM - "WE CAN DO THE CONGER"...

.... "WE CAN DO......
BRUCE - "HEY, HANG ON WAIT FOR MEEEE!!"....

BRUCE - "Oh thank goodness thought I was going to miss the CONGER then!!!"....
BRIAN - "Come on the Doris lead us away!... I CAN DO THE CONGER!...."

DORIS, BRIAN, TOM, MILDRED & BRUCE......
"DO, DO, DO WE CAN DO THE CONGER, DO, DO, DO WE CAN DO THE CONGER, DO,DO,DO, LIKE SOME DUCKS ACROSS THE LAKE, DO, DO, DO WE CAN DO THE CONGER, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, DO, DO, DO, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, DO, DO, DO SPLASHING AS WE GO, DO, DO, DO WE CAN DO THE CONGER, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, DO, DO, DO, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, WE CAN DO THE CONGER!!..."

 THE ROYAL SWAN BALLET TROUP - "OHHHY WAIT FOR US MUCKERS....."


EVERYONE -
"DO, DO, DO WE CAN DO THE CONGER, DO, DO, DO LIKE SOME DUCKS AND SWANS ACROSS THE LAKE, DO,DO,DO, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, DO, DO, DO SPLASHING AS WE GO, DO, DO, DO WE CAN DO THE CONGER, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, DO, DO, DO, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, DO, DO, DO, WE CAN DO THE CONGER, WE CAN DO THE CONGER!!..."

May be I should go to bed now!!! LOL

DUCKS CAN DANCE BUT CAN A CONGER.....?? was originally posted on 30th March 2013 and proved quite popular the RSPB Community Forum pages, with some great comments and replies! The whole thread including all the comments can be viewed here...
http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/wildlife/f/13609/t/99443.aspx

I hope that this post makes you smile also and demonstrates what fun watching wildlife can be. Watching the behaviour of ducks whilst feeding them at the local pond is certainly a great way to introduce children in to the wonder of our natural world and lots of fun too!!.

Catch you next time for more 'madcap' wildlife adventures with Higgy...

Best

Higgy