A nesting pair of ducks have chosen our neighborhood to build a nest in.
We're two blocks from a lake. We're a block from a big-ass bit of nature preserve. With a pond.
These guys spent weeks strolling around the block looking - I guess - for a yard without dogs and with homeowners with quiet habits. They'd walk across the road .. no - they ambled, while polite citizens stopped their cars to let them cross.
They finally settled on a retiree's yard behind us - he has a lot of hedges in a big fenced yard and doesn't spent a lot of time outside. Every so often you hear quaking ...
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Date: 2009-06-17 07:50 pm (UTC)A nesting pair of ducks have chosen our neighborhood to build a nest in.
We're two blocks from a lake. We're a block from a big-ass bit of nature preserve. With a pond.
These guys spent weeks strolling around the block looking - I guess - for a yard without dogs and with homeowners with quiet habits. They'd walk across the road .. no - they ambled, while polite citizens stopped their cars to let them cross.
They finally settled on a retiree's yard behind us - he has a lot of hedges in a big fenced yard and doesn't spent a lot of time outside. Every so often you hear quaking ...