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Our daughters can feed themselves but
they are still dependant on us to direct them where to get food i.e. the
veggie garden, cupboards, fridge, freezer etc. Also dependant on us
to inform them what they won't get in trouble for taking during a
raid!!!
They
are also dependant on us for protection and to teach them numerous other
survival skills eg. crossing the road.
Dear Puzzled of Wamboin
If they can feed themselves are they Dependent on their parents? If
so for what?
Perahps you are using "DY" as shorthand for "BYEINSNH" or Bird Young
Enough that Its Nest was Somehere NearHere? In that case I recall
that in ACT Bird Atlas (which defines 'dependent' as 'fed by parents') days
ability to fly was used as an operational boundary of breeding activity.
Of course having seen ducklings walk for 500m and being well clear of the nest
hollow before they started, a semanticist could look rather closely at the
second 'N'.
Best regards
Helpful of Carwoola
On Jan 22, 2008 10:32 PM, David McDonald <>
wrote:
But ... I do not recall having ever
seen a duck feeding its young. So how do we differentiate DY ducks
from their next stage of development, when they are no longer DY so should
not be reported as breeding records? (signed) Puzzled of Wamboin
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