Black Capped Night Heroneats Mallard Chick

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Watergate Yachting Center

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I heard squaking

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Mother hen below with chicks

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Nothing she could do

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Shake

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Shake

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Shake until dead

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More shaking

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More shaking

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More shaking

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Dead chick

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Try to swallow

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Too big

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Turn meal around

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Head first attempt

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Too dry

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Dipped in water

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Still too dry

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Back for another dip

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Dunking

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Soaked in water

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Better

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Going

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Going

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Gone

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Shaking

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Still Alive

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Going

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Going

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Gone

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The End

• The black cap could not compress its NECK for nearly twenty minutes.

• The Mallard hen and the four chicks were in distress as long as the fifth chick was alive and calling.

• The Mallard hen and the four other chicks left about half‐way through this event several minutes after the captured chick was dead.

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