Australian Spring and the New Generations
What joy this afternoon to find the Tawney Frog mouths have produced two chicks. This has not happened for a couple of years. They were sitting in the Wisteria tree and I think their nest must have been close by but I had been unable to find it. It was not in their usual tree.
Now also, the Wood ducks, or maned Geese, which have been cavorting in the pond for some weeks, last week arrived with five ducklings, you can see them in the photo on the left.
But this afternoon, as I was having my evening whisky for the first time on the veranda which overlooks the pond,the weather being so mild and calm, the parents arrived with only three ducklings. So have they lost two already? Or is this a different set of parents?They all had a vigorous sploosh about in the pond and then waddled off to the West. I have no idea where they are camping over night as they nest in tall trees and I am sure the ducklings, having been made to fall out of the tree, cannot fly back up at this stage....life is full of mysteries...
Life is full of mysteries indeed.
ReplyDeleteYou would think you'd only have the one mating pair of ducks. But you'll have to take photos to see for certain. Maybe setup the camera on the tripod on the front verandah by the pool so it's ready and waiting for when they arrive.
ReplyDeleteThere have actually been several pairs of Wood duck mating in the pond, in fact there have been five or more ducks at the same time' just grazing though...
DeleteBut it’s the mysteries that make life so interesting, isn’t it - keep pondering đŸ¤”
ReplyDeletePondering in the garden is a wonderful thing to do.....
ReplyDeleteWe have a pair with 5 ducklings in our garden, keeping and eye out for foxes and crows !
ReplyDeleteHi Heeler
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting on my blog about Wood ducks.
The parent ducks here in Willunga, came back with only one half grown duckling a couple of weeks later, so that was only one out of five, that survived