Baby Ducks Playing

Anna Flapping Like Crazy

"I need to dry off my wings so I can fly home!"  Anna is very animated tonight!

Mottled Duck Family Bath Time 7-18-18

Duck Family "Boating"

Awwwwww!

Roll Tite Shutter Installation Complete! JULY 13 2018

The Roll Title "roll down" shutter installation is complete as of yesterday, exactly nine weeks after initiation of the order.  Amazing!

One Week Old Baby Ducks

The Florida Mottled baby ducks are growing up - here's a shot of them swimming and darting around this morning. They are getting fat on good American corn and delicious pond dabble treats :)

Florida Cooter Turtle Visited Today

We love visits from the local wildlife - today a Florida Cooter (like the one below) crossed in front of the pond...  he crawled across the grass and dove in the pond.

Picture above from Wikipedia "Coastal Plain Cooter"

Huey with Devil Horns

Huey, our Great Blue Heron, doesn't like raccoons near him when he's fishing at night.  This was a lucky catch, to grab this video of him yelling at and attacking a mama raccoon while it was still daylight.  We hear the "yell" of the wild Huey every evening as he polices the pond.  Scary! :)

Mom and Baby Ducklings

Mama Florida Mottled Duck has had her crew here for three days, and we've been enjoying the magical guests while they're here.  They stayed through the fireworks show, which is a surprise, but I guess our pond was relatively safe compared to the rest of the city!

The six ducklings are so amazing to watch, swimming in formation or clustered together playing and eating.  Amazing closeup photos are coming, but here's a snack time video to start.