Look out! Duck!

[carbonel]

My interim office, such as it is, is in the living room, with a nice large window to the left of me. I have a fine view of my driveway and my next-door neighbor's backyard.

There's a constant stream of squirrels going back and forth, and less frequently but still common are rabbits. A few days ago I saw what I assume to be mating behavior in a pair of rabbits -- one would hop after the other, then the front one would turn around and they would hop in place for a while, then there was a bit of a mock tussle, then back to the follow-the-leader hopping. Rabbits and squirrels are all I've seen, other than the very occasional chipmunk.

But just now -- two minutes ago -- two mallards (male and femallard) walked across my driveway into my backyard. They are now standing in my backyard, contemplating something. Since there's no standing water, I can't think that they'd consider it a nesting place. Maybe they're just resting.

Update: Now it's just the female standing there; the male appears to have gone off somewhere.

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[alexfandra.livejournal.com]

In addition to the usual squirrels, I've had raccoons and possums in my backyard (in Seattle), though never a rabbit or a duck. Usually my dachshunds chase them off, though one day I let them in to the yard, saw them run hellbent-for-leather at something under the cypress tree that looked like a big cat, and then saw them suddenly halt, stare, and *slowly back away*. Turned out to be a possum sitting on the ground, staring right back at them with those hideous little eyes, and it was bigger than them. Both my wiener dogs turned around and came trotting back to the house, tails between their legs. So much for the hunting instinct.

They completely ignore the ducks at the park, too, even when the ducks are crossing the path right in front of them. The ducks, come to think of it, are about the same size as them, too. Guess they'll only chase really small things.

Hope your ribs are feeling better!

[daedala.livejournal.com]

Duck! Yum!

I'm afraid that's all I think when I think of duck now. Has to do with a) getting Lee a duck cookbook for his birthday and b) finding ducks for $1.50/lb. Yum.