I got a bit better head count yesterday evening...12-14 ducks it appears. 6-7 mated pairs. I'm still not going to do anything to run them off as long as they don't call in all the cousins.

Side note, it's amazing to me how quickly they acclimatize. These are 100% wild ducks as far as I know, and when they first landed maybe a month ago all I had to do was walk out the back door and they were GONE. Now they tolerate me fishing and walking around the pond pretty well...I'm actually now able to get close enough to see the birds pretty well with the naked eye.

Dale

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