| 单词 | black duck |
| 例句 | “Any day now the black ducks come,” he said, “and the mallards. Then we will have good meat.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Not the song about the fox coming for the big black duck, heavens no! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The black ducks rushed at him but he blew the medicine on them before they could squawk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Frightful looked down on black ducks, mallards, bluewinged teals, plovers, godwits, yellowlegs, sandpipers—all the migrating birds that loved wetlands. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z One of the show’s main props was a stuffed toy, a black duck dressed in a Temple University sweat shirt that dropped down on a wire and flopped around in front of the contestants. What Bill Cosby said to my mom 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Next up, we stopped at a giant flying black duck in the town of Black Duck. The Daily Spike: Spike goes off to 'college' less than a month, so it's time to make every day count 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Suddenly, one eagle breaks away and swoops low over the Mongaup Falls Reservoir in New York, startling a flock of black ducks that darts into the shallows. Winter is prime time for watching bald eagles—here’s how 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The hunting seasons for other ducks, including black ducks and pintails, ended earlier in the winter or fall. Maine duck hunting seasons ending for the winter 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z The purpose, on paper, would be to help protect habitat for some colonies of nesting birds, such as black ducks and great blue herons. Tangier, the Sinking Island in the Chesapeake 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The Eastern black rail is one of them, along with the American black duck and the saltmarsh sparrow. Reclusive ‘feathered mouse’ disappearing from Virginia 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z The federal government established the Blackwater refuge in 1933 to serve as a stopover point for migrating blue-winged teals, ospreys, black ducks and Canada geese. At Blackwater refuge, rising sea levels drown habitat 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Canada geese, mallards and American black ducks were the most common species seen. Annual W.Va. waterfowl survey finds fewer duck, geese 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z This spring and summer, look for dragonflies, black ducks, green tree frogs and birds such as bitterns, rails and green herons. Huntley Meadows Park restores hemi-marsh 2014-05-02T23:09:58Z Bay salt water rushed into a shallow freshwater pond created for birds such as the American black duck and Atlantic brant. Sandy’s damage to wildlife refuges adds to questions about federal spending 2012-11-19T01:03:00Z Next to them in size comes the black duck, a long low bird as seen in the water, and one of the finest of Australian wild ducks. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Eagles roost on tall pines, muskrats burrow in mounds of mud and straw, and black ducks splash in a pond. At Blackwater refuge, rising sea levels drown habitat 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z On a sunshiny spring day, the effect of these glittering black ducks sporting in the blue water is very pleasing. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z Eight blackheads, five redheads, two widgeon, a black duck and two teal, eighteen in all. Dick Randall The Young Athlete 2012-01-04T03:00:45.467Z A pair of black ducks swung swiftly across the decoys, and like a flash the gun leaped to her cheek. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z In every slough where mallards, blue- and green-winged teal, widgeons, black duck and pintails settle down to rest in autumn, gunners wait concealed in the sedges. Birds Every Child Should Know 2011-12-08T03:00:24.887Z He sat up and looked round, but only saw a black duck swimming towards him. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z The most profitable for domestic use, is undoubtedly the common black duck. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. It also becomes juicy and is as good eating as black duck or teal. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. "And if we went farther up the river, we might see some black duck." The Jonathan Papers The pigeons begin to appear in flocks from the north, and the first of the blue-winged teal and black duck are seen straggling down the rivers. The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes "At any rate, when your father caught the black duck there was no mistake about what she said, it was 'Quack! quack! quack!'" Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe Besides the black duck above described, several others, as the light gray, the white duck, and some of the tufted, are prolific, hardy, and profitable. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. With a good silent dog playing in front of a blind these ducks in the early spring will come within short range, as will the black duck and gray goose. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. The pond was like glass and the black duck flock which had quacked noisily there at daybreak and drawn white lines of ripples across its black surface had gone south. Old Plymouth Trails One little black duck Standing on a stone, One little grey duck Swimming all alone, One little grey duck Holding down it's head. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 You deserve to lose your gray goose and your black duck. Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe Various feathers are used for wings of dry flies, such as breast feathers from mallard, teal; partridge, grouse, black duck, wood duck. How to Tie Flies At least fifty fine black ducks were swimming around, feeding and quacking sociably together, entirely unconscious of the wide-open blue eyes that were staring at them from behind the covert of the thicket. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas Grandfather said it was just like a curtain rising straight up, for they were all black ducks. Old Plymouth Trails But this is the story of the black duck. Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales H—— had some black ducks which he had carefully reared to ornament the little lake in the garden. A Visit to Java With an Account of the Founding of Singapore A hundred rods beyond, nine black ducks were grouped near the edge of a circular pool; behind them, from where I stood, there rose from the level waste a humplike mound. A Village of Vagabonds "I have winged a black duck and I cannot leave." A Black Adonis Coot, sea duck, loons, black duck, grebes, dotted the surface of the pond and in all the sandy shallows spawning alewives splashed and played-thousands of them. Old Plymouth Trails The black duck had a hard time of it from the beginning—that is, from the beginning of her life on the farm. Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales This is the time to watch for the lines of ducks crossing the sky, and be ready to find black ducks in the oddest places—even in insignificant rain pools deep in the woods. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The hump was my only salvation, so I crawled to the bank and started to stalk the nine black ducks. A Village of Vagabonds Farther out flocks of black ducks were feeding, while two or three pairs of swans passed overhead going north. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia One, on their very first outing, got snapped up by a greedy black duck. The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life We camped there that night, and returned to the port next day with a heavy load of black duck, some "whistlers," and a few brace of pigeons. The Call Of The South 1908 By sunset I had a catch of fish that fairly astonished Hansen when he returned at dusk with but half a dozen black duck, two or three teal, and two turkeys. "Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific 1901 She had a quaint capacity for sleeping in the sunshine while he was away on the island prowling hopefully after black ducks. Blue-Bird Weather A cloud of black ducks circled gracefully overhead and slowly spread out on their feeding grounds beyond the brant. The Root of Evil Herds of wild ponies dot the hills, and black duck and sheldrakes are heading their young broods on the mirror-like ponds. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses And, high over his head, there passed presently a string of black duck. If You Touch Them They Vanish I was sweeping the lake with my field glasses when I saw what I thought was a pair of black ducks near a grassy shore. Wood Folk at School Regnar did not know if the centre-wheel had got anything, but Davies and Creamer had four geese, five brent, and a black duck. Adrift in the Ice-Fields He had scarcely gone when a pair of black ducks started for the decoys. The Root of Evil The wild black ducks I would scare up were the only signs of life on the river. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Levin Dennis steered close to a point where he had been wont to scatter food for the black ducks, and draw them to the gunner's ambush. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times They were diving, perhaps—an unusual thing for black ducks—and I might surprise them. Wood Folk at School Once, from a blind, I saw a black duck swim ashore and disappear into a small clump of berry bushes. Ways of Wood Folk One little black duck, One little gray, Six little white ducks Running out to play. Baby Chatterbox Great flocks of wild black ducks peculiar to the Tagus, were continually rising at my approach. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Billy Leura walked all the way from Camperdown, and on the day before the regatta came to my house with a couple of black ducks in his hand. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned The black ducks mounting from the lake, The pigeon in the pines, The bittern’s boom, a desert make Which no false art refines. May-Day and Other Pieces The constant watchfulness of black ducks is perhaps the most remarkable thing about them. Ways of Wood Folk One lazy black duck, taking quite a nap, One precious duck, here on mother's lap. Baby Chatterbox Suddenly in a shallow pool, near the river's edge, and bordered with waist-high grass, he came upon a flock of black ducks. The Silent Places "Yes, I know, dear; they call them black ducks, but they are brown-- dark brown." The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned He told himself that he had made a pretty smart beginning, not alone in shooting a brace of black ducks, but in successfully following a difficult trail on his fourth day in the woods. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods The next moment, to my great astonishment, fully fifty black ducks were swimming about in the greatest uneasiness. Ways of Wood Folk Some black ducks were swimming on it, not very far away, and I was shown a beaver's house. Sweetapple Cove But the black duck is an expert at concealment, even in the open. The Silent Places The Mallard Duck.—A great many persons have made persistent attempts to breed the canvasback, redhead, mallard, black duck, pintail, teal and other species, on a commercial basis. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Not beholding any fleet of black ducks as yet, he loaded his gun, and warily proceeded along the bank towards the head of the pond. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods This is especially true of the dusky duck, more generally known by the name black duck among hunters. Ways of Wood Folk Bronze-wing and crested pigeons here; also some beautiful parrots, black ducks, teal, whistlers, painted widgeons, and wood-duck in small number; also parakeets and quail. McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia An occasional partridge was killed and now and again a black duck or two helped out our short ration, but the owls were our mainstay. The Long Labrador Trail About half a mile below us there is a large water hole a quarter of a mile long, with a number of black ducks upon it, but they are very shy. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart After starting for home, while running down the bog, Mr. Sawyer killed three noble black ducks at one shot, but the gun was not loaded this time with ball. A Study of Hawthorne He found a black duck's nest in a dense swamp near a salt creek, and hatched the eggs with some others under a tame duck. Ways of Wood Folk Your black duck is getting tame and does not hide at all. My Boyhood Mr. A. P. Low, of the Canadian Geological Survey, in other parts of the Labrador interior found black ducks very scarce. The Long Labrador Trail A swan visited the water hole last night, and to-day we have seen both the mountain duck and the large black duck. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart "Here is the black duck," responded the hunter, stepping ashore and drawing his cub out from under some screening boughs in the bow of the boat. Gaut Gurley Beside the pleasure of watching them, the first black ducks that I had ever seen unconscious, there was the satisfaction of thinking how completely they had been outwitted at their own game of sharp watching. Ways of Wood Folk The large black ducks were much more fearless than the flamingoes and were willing to swim very near the canoe. Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru Geese and black ducks, making their way to the southward, were met with daily. The Long Labrador Trail We saw a few wood-ducks, sheldrakes, and black ducks, but they were not so numerous there at that season as on our river at home. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 Hurra for the arrival of the good ship Brag, Phillips, master; but where is his black duck, with a big trout to its foot? Gaut Gurley Spring and fall the "black ducks" still come to find the brackish waters which they like, and to fill their crops with the seeds of the eel-grass and the mixed food of the flats. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 There were wild geese and brant, black ducks and wood-ducks, and all the smaller kinds down to teal and whistlers. Algonquin Legends of New England "Thoreau speaks of seeing black ducks asleep on a pond whereon thin ice had formed, inclosing them, daring the March night," said Webb. Nature's Serial Story Our own little Lake Agassiz, in the New York Zoological Park, each year is the resort of hundreds of mallards and black ducks. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations We can hardly tell one fox, or one marmot, or one chipmunk, or one crow, or one hawk, or one black duck from another of the same species. Time and Change Between that point and the main island they have a valuable salt meadow, called Croskaty, with a pond of the same name famous for black ducks. Letters from an American Farmer It was a very fat black duck, and we gloated long over its fine condition. The Lure of the Labrador Wild Here, too, were flocks of black duck and teal, and as you rode past, the merry little snipe would rise from the water's edge, and whisk away like lightning through the trees. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn Ask him if he ever tasted duck that could for a moment be compared to the black ducks in the rice marsh along the Ossawippi. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Across the vivid sunset flew a black duck, as solitary and homeless as himself. The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters The latter looked in the required direction, and he soon saw a large black duck floating in stately repose on the water. The Deerslayer About noon, when Hubbard had gone ahead with a pack, George and I sighted two small black ducks while we were canoeing across a pond. The Lure of the Labrador Wild Down on my left a heavy splash and a wild, free tumult of quacking told where the black ducks were coming in, as they had done, undisturbed, for generations. Secret of the Woods To my liking the wild turkey beats the black duck even. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields I just lay low for black ducks and heard their talk. The Riverman |
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