After Earth Fest on Sunday, I decided to walk through the park to get home (some of those photos showed up in yesterday’s blogpost). One the exciting events I witnessed was a fight between two black-bellied whistling ducks – each had his (I can only assume they were males as they are not dimorphic) “gang” a short distance away from the other, eyeing the other gang warily. The two ducks fighting really got into it, jumping in the air, bumping chests, spitting and generally making a lot of noise. Eventually one duck was run off ingloriously and the waters were calm again!
“The Jets” Black-bellied whistling ducks, Audubon Park, New Orleans, LA, 2009-Mar-22
“The Sharks” Black-bellied whistling ducks, Audubon Park, New Orleans, LA, 2009-Mar-22
High-flying scuffle between“Chino” and “Tony”, black-bellied whistling ducks, Audubon Park, New Orleans, LA, 2009-Mar-22
“Chino” and “Tony”, black-bellied whistling ducks, continue to fight, Audubon Park, New Orleans, LA, 2009-Mar-22
“Chino” runs“Tony” off, and the black-bellied whistling duck fight is over, Audubon Park, New Orleans, LA, 2009-Mar-22
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April 9th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Love all the shots of the duck fight – felt like I had a ringside seat. I wish I’d have seen it in person.
May 15th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
It was pretty cool, Seth; I wish you’d see it too!