Photo of the Day

A close-up of ducklings
February 17, 2012

Ducklings

This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures

This is a picture of our newly born baby ducks. They are about a week old. The mother duck was killed by our neighbor's dog, and my mom did not know what to do. She was advised to set up a homemade incubator, and the baby ducks were born a couple of weeks later. This particular picture shows one of the baby ducks snuggling next to another one while keeping an eye on the camera as we took the photo.

(This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.)

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Photograph by Raymond Tzul, Your Shot
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