We had about 20 black bellied whistling ducks today - April 18th. But on Mark's Birthday 2 days ago (4/16) we had about 100 of them. I call them peep - a - peeps. They battled, yelled, and sang for Mark on his birthday.
I wonder every year when the peep a peeps arrive on their migration, and I can never remember. This year, the large flock arrived April 16th.
You know it's going to be a good year when you see a mother Florida mottled duck with her babies in our beautiful pond.
Last year - 2020 - was a very odd year (in so many ways)... the papayas produced zero fruits, and we had no baby ducks.
2021 is a very good year. We have the positive omen of baby ducks, PLUS 18 baby chickens (awwwwww).
This is one of my favorite all time videos.... from Jason doing his cast net spin, Mark being "lid man", and me grabbing fish and kerplunking them into the buckets... it's perfect. And the look on the huge tilapia's face after his flip at 5:17 :D