Shuh-tile

by Meg on February 13, 2007

It’s amazing what Airport shuttles go for these days.

It made five stops on our way to Oakland too, dammit.

Taxeh!... TAXEH!

Elizabeth L….Bokee! [Bird bok]

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{ 45 comments }

1 hhuynh 02.13.07 at 4:37 pm

Look like someone missed the boat. :)

2 davidcat 02.13.07 at 4:37 pm

“peeps” has never been so apt – and you missed it, Meg! (Bling blang bleen…?)

3 rpennefe 02.13.07 at 4:38 pm

BOIDS!

I wonder who their hairstylist is. I love the dos!

4 rpennefe 02.13.07 at 4:40 pm

Boids!

Ah-dore-ah-bul!

I wonder who their hairstylist is. I love the dos!

5 Jen S. 02.13.07 at 4:40 pm

That is too cute! Kinda like how I carpool with my Dad to work. :-)

6 kestrien 02.13.07 at 4:45 pm

Loons?

Loons!

7 rpennefe 02.13.07 at 4:46 pm

Duuude, I think the gremlins have gotten into typepad once again. Sheesh! Sorry for the double post (but I did change it up a bit)!

8 kestrien 02.13.07 at 4:49 pm

Loons?

Loons???

Or ducks?

9 Angela P. 02.13.07 at 4:56 pm

Whew! I’m glad I don’t have to carry five or six kids on my back! They are so fuzzy and soft-looking though… maybe it wouldn’t be so bad. Especially if you get to hear the little tiny ‘cheep’s in your ear. Hmm… now I’m purring.

10 Denita TwoDragons 02.13.07 at 5:00 pm

Mergansers! Looks like the Common Merganser, actually. They’re sea ducks with hooked bills to catch fish with. I’d never seen the babies before, though–so KAH-YOOT!! ^__^

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Merganser

–TwoDragons

11 sidney 02.13.07 at 5:02 pm

Oh my gosh. That is just too cute. Like a fuzzy ferry boat.

12 Theo 02.13.07 at 5:02 pm

Awwwwwwwsome photo. It clicks bigger, too.

13 sidney 02.13.07 at 5:03 pm

That is just the cutest. Fuzzy ferry boat.

14 Suda Nim 02.13.07 at 5:06 pm

Mama is gettin’ down!

15 Becca 02.13.07 at 5:12 pm

Thank you thank you thank you. You have officially made my week.

16 Christy 02.13.07 at 5:13 pm

They’re adorable (and definitely not loons).

17 TanksMommy 02.13.07 at 5:15 pm

peeps peeps and more peeps! Oh the cuteness!!!!

18 lil 02.13.07 at 5:19 pm

those are mergansers! awesome.

19 Laurie C 02.13.07 at 5:41 pm

But where do they put the seatbelts?

20 Dustbunny 02.13.07 at 5:52 pm

I worry about the little guy who’s paddling along behind Mama…I hope he can keep up.

21 SixFootJen 02.13.07 at 5:52 pm

That last little guy has missed the shuttle and is frantically swimming to catch his ride!

22 chet's momma 02.13.07 at 6:36 pm

faster, ma, faster!!!!!!!!!!!!

23 musicchick2 02.13.07 at 6:37 pm

Hmmm…. I’ve never heard of Mergansers! C.O. – fluffy cute-iliciousness AND educational too! ;-)

24 Elizabeth 02.13.07 at 6:43 pm

Ahh I sent this in.. it actually got posted! :D

25 jen 02.13.07 at 6:45 pm

awwwwww – i want to snorgle them!!!!

26 C.M. 02.13.07 at 6:52 pm

gives new meaning to “mom’s Taxi”!

27 ducky 02.13.07 at 7:21 pm

All aboard!

28 Peg of Tilling 02.13.07 at 7:30 pm

One duck’s on his own, so it’s duck-duck-duck-duck-loose!

29 Allison 02.13.07 at 7:38 pm

OMG so funny!

30 Kim 02.13.07 at 7:47 pm

I love mergansers!! I used to do breeeding-bird surveys and I always lost count of the other birds when I saw a Merganser :)

31 ThreeCatNight 02.13.07 at 7:54 pm

Mama Duck: “Room for one more! All aboard!”
(stowaways not accepted)

32 anner 02.13.07 at 8:27 pm

aaaagh! merganser-lets! i see these guys all the time in maine, but never saw the bebehs before. she barely has enough back for all those offspringses.

33 rpennefe 02.13.07 at 8:41 pm

You know what she’s thinking, right?

“That lazy, good-for-nothing…kids, you just wait until I get my hands on your father!”

34 charlotte 02.13.07 at 9:30 pm

oh man i live in oakland and my ears perked up.

adorable

35 hrh.squeak 02.13.07 at 9:37 pm

Hey Charlotte,

Lake Merritt has a bird sanctuary. The best entrance is off of Grand Avenue, just next to Ta-ke Sushi (also excellent). It’s bebeh boid season! Great watchin’, especially watching toddlers trying to fling bread at the ducks and mommas trying to keep toddlers from flinging themselves into the water.

36 H 02.14.07 at 1:59 am

Red breasted mergansers?

37 Birdchick 02.14.07 at 2:09 am

Nice common mergansers. A couple of years ago I had a hooded merganser female nest in my wood duck box. Loves me some mergansers.

38 little miao 02.14.07 at 3:06 am

awww, so many little duckie feets.

39 SeaBreeze 02.14.07 at 3:59 am

Seeing this pic made me quack up! =)

40 R. Moore 02.14.07 at 5:09 am

OAK?

I was under the impression Meg was from SoCal…

Huh.

41 useta hada kitteh 02.14.07 at 1:18 pm

R. Moore — I figgered that it was the Merganser Shuttle that was going to Oakland, and it made 5 stops along the way (as in, to pick up more baby mergansers).

These guys are so cute, but the one little merggie at the back better hurry up, or he’s gonna miss the bus. Er, shuttle. Er, mama.

42 Subhangi 02.14.07 at 6:27 pm

Wheeee, piggyback!

Er … duckyback.

… loonyback.

I need to watch more Aminal Planet.

43 Carlisa 02.14.07 at 8:32 pm

ALL A-BOID!!!

44 Kara 02.15.07 at 7:45 pm

‘Moooooom, Sally pecked me!’ ‘Did not!’ ‘Did too!’ ‘Mommy, I’m HUNGRY!’ ‘… DON’T MAKE ME TURN ME AROUND!!!’

45 Paula Nadine 05.06.07 at 3:35 pm

What a great picture! Congrats!

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