Water In A Bowl

Well sadly 2 of the mallards were killed by a car. That left 10. We watched them learn to fly over about 4 days and then poof, 8 were gone. Off to greener pastures I think. That left two. One evening a grouchy older female showed up and one more young-un left. Looks like we have 1 little female hanging around.
Rain filled the lake a good bit which really has the frogs and toads excited. There is a dull roar at night now.

We were visited by three Canadian Geese for a few days. They would eat out of your hand. Very tame. Two very black adult muscovies showed up for 2 days and then disappeared again.

This little guy is hard to see but he has a lovely white crest he can flip around. Kind of looks like a snowy egret on top of it's head, but not entirely white. I'm not sure about what it is but it often visits.

The young muscovies aren't really flying yet, but they sure look a lot better with some water to bathe in!