Foxy and the flowers, part 23

Foxy and the flowers
Part 23. Widgeon ducklings and hedgehog

Ove took this picture 2008-06-13. Foxy under the oak by the pond. an oak can't grow here from the beginning. This one was planted when it was bigger.

2008-06-12. Dicentra formosa on the yard.

2008-06-13. Crab apple. Photo: Ove Schedin

2008-06-13. Crab apple. Photo: Ove Schedin

2008-06-13. Lilac

2008-06-13. Foxy beside the new spruce tree. It was just planted and there is a heap of soil beside the tree.

2008-06-14. Foxy visited the Labradors Casi (brown) and Nilla (black). A separate site will come about this later.

2008-06-15. White bleeding hearts in front of Foxy's house.

2008-06-15. Buttercups on the yard.

2008-06-15. close-up picture of a lilac cluster.

2008-06-15. Hooded Ove by the lilacs.

2008-06-16. Foxy thought there were mallards coming to her.

2008-06-16. But when they came closer Foxy saw it was a widgeon female with her ducklings.

2008-06-16. They came on land.

2008-06-16. The mother came closer to Foxy with her ducklings.

2008-06-16. Her she showed up the cute ducklings. Oh this was soooo cute to see. Foxy went touched that the widgeon mother did trust Foxy so much.

2008-06-16. Her she was looking so proud :-)
The widgeon has black legs while the mallards has orange legs.

2008-06-16. foxy fed the mother and the ducklings. She made small crumbs of the bread. But the ducklings did not eat it. But some days later they did.

2008-06-16. Here the widgeon duckling were in the water.

2008-06-16. The proud widgeon father of the ducklings.

2008-06-16. Wild flowers by the pond

2008-06-16. A mallard mother with 9 ducklings.

2008-06-16.Ducklings in the sparkling water.

2008-06-16. The lonely ducklings were chased away by the mother with the 9 ducklings.

2008-06-16. Mallard mother and child.

2008-06-16. The mallard mother with her 9 ducklings again.

2008-06-16. They are so cute in the sparkling water.

2008-06-17. Early in the morning. On the walk to work Foxy saw a hedgehog on the neighbour yard.

2008-06-17. A closer picture of the hedgehog.

This picture of a hedgehog is taken on Foxy's own yard. Taken some years ago at 2005-07-08.

Then the hedgehog was drinking from a puddle. This is picture also taken some years ago at 2005-07-08.

2008-06-17. Early in the morning. A female mallard came on land. A male is in the water

2008-06-17. Three mallard males on land begging for food.

2008-06-17. The widgeon with her ducklings again. Now they ducklings could eat small crumbs of bread.

2008-06-17. Later the mallard ducklings came. Unfortunately the mallards do chase away the widgeons.

2008-06-17. Lupines. Foxy read that they are poisonous. These flowers were on a place by a building in shelter. They came later on Foxy's yard.

2008-06-17. Red clover. (Trifolium prate) Foxy found them in the grass biside a sidewalk.

2008-06-18. The truck with the zoo in the window. These are stuffed animals. Foxy think it's funny to see them. :-)

Look at the left of this picture. Then you can see Ove standing in the distance :)

2008-06-18. Foxy by the new planted tree. At seven in the morning.

2008-06-18. The oak by the pond at campus. (left) Oaks can't grow here up north. There are only a few oaks here that has been planted when they had grown as a little tree in a plantation. Later they can be bigger like this one.