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Pretty cool. It is called "un bac a chaine", a chain driven ferry, which you pull on to move the boat from one side to the other. One person could do it alone, but it is easier with 2. One to pull the chain and one to hold the ferry in place at either side while the bikes are loaded/unloaded.
10 months agoOr mallard crossbreeds?
10 months agoZooming along with your happy camera! :-)
10 months agoWhat a great adventure! I’ve never seen one like this.
10 months agoJoe's first comment was "was that the scene of a murder?"
10 months agoQuite possibly, looking at the feet.
10 months agoDon’t want to know…
10 months agoWe could not find a match either.
10 months agoTo my untrained eye, it looks like it was once a Passerine bird.
10 months agoPerhaps some hybrid?
None on the wiki list for France actually fit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_Metropolitan_France#Ducks,_geese,_and_waterfowl
Why, thank you.
10 months agoJoe definitely has a cute sense of humour. Dodie
10 months agoHow interesting! Perhaps we will be able to stop in at the museum as we swing by your place next month.
10 months agoJ asks: Is that a real dragon egg?! And did you see a real dragon in there with your sparkly laser eyes?
10 months ago
Seems likely. They do not l00k exactly like Mallards, just mostly.
10 months ago