yesterday morning around dawn i swore i heard some ducks quacking out on the pond. wife was sure i was just crazy.
this morning i actually got a good glimpse of them, real live ducks dabbling along in the shallows. male and a female, right at dawn. the light was still dim, but it looked like the female was mostly brown. the male was definitely striped black and white, very striking contrast. i couldnt tell what color his head was. they quacked along for a few minutes, once the male stood upright in the water and beat his wings impressively. then, out of nowhere, they picked up and flew off into the forest.
never have i seen ducks with this coloration in our part of Colorado. it made me wonder where they came from and where they headed off to. but mostly I wondered what kind of ducks they were, and how i could encourage them to stick around a bit longer? looking online, the coloration looked like maybe a pair of common merganser ducks? any other guesses?
i know, i will likely reflect back on the more peaceful times before ducks invaded my pond. god know i will never raise ducks commercially on the farm again (short story-loud and messy). but i was excited to see the pair today, at least the wife has one less reason to think i'm crazy. the ducks were real.
