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Bad Feather Day
Bad Feather Day
Kelli


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Collection: Sept 09 sides
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Aperture: f/5.7
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Snapshot, Animals
Date Uploaded: Sep 7, 2009

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 Funny story (or not depending on your pov). We went to Six Flags Great Adventure Saturday. We have season's passes this year, but spent most of the summer going to the water park so we wanted to catch the very last night of Saturday Night Lights (fireworks) since we hadn't gone to the theme park on a Saturday all summer. It was just me and my son so we agreed I'd only bring in the camera for the first half of the day and then leave the camera in the car after we went out to eat so I could go on rides with him. During the course of the day we made our way to the lake where I caught up to this guy. I wondered why he looked so bad. It took a comment I got from bassbone to actually put 2 and 2 together. At the end of the day we went to the lake to see the fireworks show. The music started, the fireworks started flying and to my horror, there were flocks of ducks, geese and swans flying for cover. They were flying from one side to the other as fireworks went every which way. Now, don't get me wrong, the show was spectacular. I sat there wishing I had my camera with me to capture at least some of it. But I couldn't help wondering how many of those birds became casualties that night. And this show had gone on every Saturday night starting on July 4th and ending September 5th. So now we all know why he looks so bad.


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 09/10/2009 01:41:56 AM
Poor guy, really doesn't look very well. :(
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 09/08/2009 10:54:16 PM
mother goose gone bad
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 09/08/2009 11:26:17 AM
Oh man, how sad. I, too, wondered why the poor thing looked so haggard. I suppose they could leave, but I guess the environment other than during the fireworks is probably pretty good for a duck. I wonder if the park has to go find dead ones on Sunday mornings. :(
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 09/07/2009 08:22:12 PM
Bad hair err feather day..:)
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 09/07/2009 08:21:27 PM
this guy looks like he has been through a war
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