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Re: Show HN: Places to watch ducks if you're sick of everything

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Post by jnwatson » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:10 PM UTC

Polytonic wrote: post #6

kaminar wrote: post #2

It's a nice geolocation list of worldwide duck parks...thought it was actual live stream duck watching...that would be cool too

https://www.twitch.tv/dashducks

That really brightens my day.

You can feed ducks with Twitch bits. This is peak internet.

Re: Show HN: Places to watch ducks if you're sick of everything

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Post by jamesgreenleaf » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:11 PM UTC

Pretty cool. I like ducks.

One bug: the pin for "The Pond at Central Park" incorrectly shows up near 64th & 1st. Looks like there are some others that aren't accurate too.

Re: Show HN: Places to watch ducks if you're sick of everything

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Post by benatkin » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:11 PM UTC

I really find this amusing. It's hard to explain why, but the author's sense of humor certainly overlaps with mine! What an awesome and extremely useful site.

Re: Show HN: Places to watch ducks if you're sick of everything

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Post by peanut_worm » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:17 PM UTC

Would be cool if submitting locations were a bit easier.

eBird is a good place to look for ducks too.

https://ebird.org/hotspots

Re: Show HN: Places to watch ducks if you're sick of everything

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Post by 1970-01-01 » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:21 PM UTC

Duck Pond Simulator:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMRmamm_LOs

Re: Show HN: Places to watch ducks if you're sick of everything

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Post by smm11 » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:26 PM UTC

It's not ducks, but the annual Crane migration you can see in several (ideal) areas across central Nebraska is a game changer.

Re: Show HN: Places to watch ducks if you're sick of everything

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Post by dmje » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:28 PM UTC

Awesome. Submitted my local canal, just been past a whole cabal* of ducks on my evening run.

* Wrong collective term but 1) it's a good word and 2) there's something schemey about large collections of ducks. Foul* business is being carried out.

*Sorry.

Re: Show HN: Places to watch ducks if you're sick of everything

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Post by hazeii » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:29 PM UTC

LgWoodenBadger wrote: post #10

The last time I watched ducks at the duck pond I saw 3 attempted duck-on-duck drownings

You should watch them mating, the on-water shenanigans are nothing.

Re: Show HN: Places to watch ducks if you're sick of everything

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Post by temp0826 » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:32 PM UTC

I once had a channel on twitch for streaming my hummingbird feeder when it was a hot spot. That’s no longer up but I was part of a “team” of other animal channels (which had many ducks!)-

https://www.twitch.tv/team/animals

Re: Show HN: Places to watch ducks if you're sick of everything

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Post by Scarblac » Thu, Apr 01, 2021, 6:37 PM UTC

A Dutch bird protection organization has web cams of bird nests in the Netherlands: https://www.vogelbescherming.nl/beleefdelente

Also here: https://visdeurbel.nl/ is an awesome service. Migratory fish get stuck at sluices in the city of Utrecht, that aren't opened much this time of year. So they installed an underwater web cam -- please watch it and when you see a lot of fish, please press the door bell so the sluice guard knows to open it.

Unfortunately it's just getting dark here right now.