Comings And Goings

Well, we had two peking ducks dropped off. Very tame and quite friendly. Guess somebody decided they didn't want their ducks after all. Too bad. They really clung to each other, wrapping their necks. So beautiful with their lovely nervous quacks. Sadly one was gone by the next morning. Vanished. Sad fate, raising a duck only to dump it into strange territory. These two were so neat.

Happily the remaining one has become best pals with the last of the mallards. Two odd ducklings. We call the white one Daisy and the brown one Dori.

Another female has 12 duckettes. These newborn ducks actually get to enjoy some water now that the lake has filled.

Note the level of the water in relation to the overflow in this pic of baby ducklings getting YMCA swim lessons. You can still see the top of the overflow exposed.

In this pic we had another rain and the lake is now pretty full. Overflow is underwater now. Probably time to check out the contents of the storm sceptre thing. C'mon Tampa Stormwater - where's the grate? Oh, I checked into the adopt a pond program and the county offers some nice help with lakes under their authority, but since we are City, no help.