Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Look who came to Visit!

We were playing outside yesterday when Shaelyn told me there were some ducks by the creek. Sure enough, a male and a female were walking around, probably looking for a place to build a nest. She tried to get closer and the male flew away, further down the creek. So I tried to sneak over and what did I see? There he was with a different female! They were swimming together while the other female was still back by the other area of the creek - two timer!! I tried to get a shot but they both flew away, leaving this original female walking by the trees. I don't know if they'll head back or not but we'll keep a look out for them.
Hope you can spot her - that was as close as I dared to get without her flying away too!

8 comments:

Sheri said...

Ha ha ha! Thats really funny! The weather has been great here- I hope it has been there too!!!

Cherdecor said...

We used to have a pair in our back yard. They had some babies and they were so cute all marching in a line behind their Mama. Alan had been digging holes for the fence out back and I don't know why but they all fell into the hole. Following the leader, I guess. Bad mothering! Anyway, Alan got a picture of them before he took them out.

I never heard of a two-timing duck! The world is getting bad when that happens! Or maybe she was his deceased brother's wife and he was carrying on the line! Very biblical duck, if I have to say so myself!

Cheri said...

Those men!!!!!
How funny- Good thing Uncle Lew wasn't around huh!

LeslieW. said...

Very fun! They must be fleeing our heat already!

Anonymous said...

We have a couple that show up every spring and sit on the edge of our pool. I've never seen ducklings, but I'm sure there is a nest somewhere near by.

Dave hates them on the pool, but it's always a good sign of spring for me.

Knit-Wit said...

Oooohhh - I wonder if they want to nest there. One year we had a family of geese move in. It was fun to watch them.

Dena said...

FUN! we have geese at the lake and annie loves to feed them bread and corn!

Bonnie said...

I wonder if you'll have ducklings in the spring ? That would be fun !!