Category Archives: Animals

Unfortunately all 7 ducklings are gone.

Yesterday our first family of ducklings appeared. Sadly one of the seven got eaten right in front of Sandy. We remain hopeful.

There was a duck scuffle yesterday and I had to call the police, domestic violence department. Apparently there was a instance of duck infidelity. It felt like the Jerry Springer show.

As usual I spent this morning in the backyard and happened on a hawk that I could not ID. Wait it’s a Cooper’s Hawk.

7D ISO 800 f5.6 1/2000th of a second.

It’s that time of the year again when all the ducks come into town and search for nesting sites. We see them in the strangest places. Kinda reminds me of HGTV’s House Hunters, or should I say DTV. I hope they’re not victims of the subprime duck mortgages. Nest foreclosures aren’t pretty.

While we were out in the backyard, I spotted a humming bird close to Sandy where she was pruning the bushes. She yelled at me to get the camera. I responded as I usually do, “By the time I get the camera it’ll be gone”. She didn’t take “No” for an answer. What I did …

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A pair of stupid burds decided to construct a 3 bedroom condo right outside our front door directly atop our porch light, without permits. The result is alot of burd crap! I started to build a profile. I believe they are sparrows. The male is middle-aged, plain looking. Most likely a victim of a crime …

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