Darn It All

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck it must be a duck. Kinda the Long Tall Sally of the duckdom world. Started out pretty aggressive, but seems to be fitting in now. Guess these are most recent refuges. The older brown one is quite easy going. Ole string bean has a lot of energy.
Nothing like a good bite on the butt to get everyone away from the food pile. Guess this is a literal pecking order.

Ever seen a tree full of muscovies? It's in their nature and they crash about the limbs as they get back to their roots. They make us laugh a lot.
Spotted this red shouldered hawk. Some kid with a skateboard was harassing it so after a bit of intervention the hawk gave up on eating a flattened stringy toad and settled on this branch. Been spotted for a couple days.

Now for the darn it all ... appears somebody vandalized the new grate so the hydrilla eating carp are on hold. Sheesh ... Evidently somebody thinks a lake full of life choking weeds is a good thing, or maybe they just don't think.