Pretty soon I had a whole flock of ducks. ... had preserves in some layers and
custard filling in others—all covered with a rich butter frosting. ... garden was
harvested, our parents had a little more time to relax, so we started lobbying for a
story.

Wood ducks prefer settings where water and woods meet, including marshes,
swamps, and ponds. ... Females generally lay a pair of eggs, and both parents
share in the incubation duties. ... sandhill crane flocks fly in V-formations. ... Male
evening grosbeaks are a rich gold and brown, with yellow eye lines and large
beaks.

He was a rich man now, but she had loved him when he was a poor kid from
Brooklyn. ... was that of a duck sitting behind a vast desk, thinking to himself “not
bad for a duck. ... Breakfast was a breakfast meeting with the bank, lunch was a
conference ... His parents had moved to Brooklyn immediately after the Red Army
had ...

Usually feeds within 20km of roost site, and may occur in looser flocks and
smaller ... Unusual in exhibiting long-term associations between parents and
otfspring ... of families to dominate rich feeding patches, at least in winter (Boyd
1953). ... to be spring and summer, very little evidence or observation of courtship
display.

... the Little Grebe looks beautiful in breeding plumage with its rich Barnacle
Geese are ... dark colours. join their parents to feed over the lochs into autumn,
hunting ... the growing flocks of Chaffinches, Greenfinches and other common
birds.

Outside the levees, he has built berms a little offshore to create small brushy
islands and calm back- waters. ... His parents moved to the Fremont area in 1939
and raised vegetables for the ... The birds — some huntable. some not — flock in.
... a better way: a levee broke, and a rich riparian woodland sprang up on its own.

They have longer necks than ducks do and their nesting grounds are farther ...
Both parents lead the newly hatched goslings to water and watch over them as
they grow. ... Geese tend to group in large flocks during the fall and winter and
are very ... large Vs of geese winging southward and heard their rich, musical
honking.