Spring is for Kids

Bev's smile says it all!

What happened to winter? The last blog post was "Winter Coming, and here we are the second week of May as this is written, trying to catch up with all the fun since the first snow storm.

The big additions this spring are the 4 kids! Simon and Twenty One Guns both had two kids each. Twenty One Guns had two doelings and Simone two bucklings (do you know anyone looking for a great wether for a companion? 

 

Simone with one of her bucklings shortly after his birth

Spring twilight!

Watching the pond come alive this spring has been quite a thought provoking show. The ice seemed slow to let go, then suddenly it vanished, inviting a Cormorant, a Morganza pair, a Mallard pair, and a brief visit from a pair of Canadian geese we hoped were passing through.

It became clear that our Mr. Duck had his work cut out for him reclaiming the pond for he and Mrs. Duck. With the exception of the Cormorant who is still looking for a mate, he has run the others off!  


With the exception of Mr. Duck's antics around the pond, I noticed throughout the winter months when the ducks shared the barn with the other critters, I observed the ducks made an inseparable pair. One can only guess at what is being communicated, but they are constantly chattering back and forth, and Mr. Duck always seems to have a plan!

"What would Mr. Duck do?" has been my mantra as the spring morphs into summer and the weather this year seems reluctantly to moderate.

Manley and Half Pint, the "Barn Buddies"