Thursday, January 6, 2011

Tracks in the snow

Whenever it snows, we like to go for walks and enjoy the cold, white, quiet countryside. We often come across animal tracks.
Today, we actually saw a few animals. These ducks seemed perfectly happy in the icy stream.

2 comments:

  1. I wonder why they're OK in such freezing stream...

    I'm not from snowy region, but I like to walk around snowy and quiet places:)

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  2. I think they stay warm with a special kind of feather called "down". Maybe you have heard of it. People often put down feathers in coats and blankets. Here is a link if you want to learn more about it.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_feather

    They are pretty amazing. I wouldn't last long in that water.

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