The terns were daring me to shoot them. I could not for the life of me get a good shot so I made a composite.
Category Archives: Animals
Passing Duck
Our own Aflac duck, Ben, has been looking pretty dirty lately and yesterday, he had some nasty green crap. Tired of cleaning up after him, I chased him out of the backyard. I noticed he stumbled quite a bit. He just sat outside our fence all day and I mentioned to Sandy this didn’t look …
Burd Activity
Just as we were about to leave for LA there was a flurry of burd activity. We spent so much time observing them it delayed our departure. We were happy to see a brood of new ducklings, 10 of them to be exact.
Ugly Duck
Ben will never win any beauty contests.
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Weekend morning ritual, coffee, cam, lagoon. Followed by a duck shoot….
70º Spring Day
After dumping my cup of coffee all over the kitchen counter, I did my morning ritual of watering the plants & sitting by the water with camera in tow waiting for something to happen. We’re finalizing Mutha’s Day menu which meant taking a trip down to San Leandro to visit with some piggy’s. In the …
Predators vs Ducklings
Saw a couple of Night Herons today. That only means one thing… there must be some ducklings around. Remember what happened last year?
Quick Duck
It’s that time of the year again. We see ducks in the the most usual places as they are looking for nest sites.
New neighbors
Tami & Chris are moving to Alameda. Since today is moving day we got to dogsit with Koa. I’ve learned a few thing about Koa: The first thing we did was to let her outside in the backyard. That was a mistake. She immediately pursued the ducks right into the lagoon and refused to come …
Maverick
Had to travel to Reno and there are a limited number of flights, so I decided to drive. I stopped over to see Jimi & Amy… okay I wanted to meet Maverick. Oh Jimi made an outstanding 4 course dinner, whatever. Maverick! They also have 3 fat kats. It’ll take 4 washings to get rid …