Space For Commerce by Brian Dunbar ([identity profile] bdunbar.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ericcoleman 2009-06-17 07:50 pm (UTC)

But NO, they're walking.

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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