New Pets

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Well, maybe not pets, but new critters hanging around on a regular basis.

We have a pair of Mallard ducks hanging around in our backyard. We first saw them a couple weeks ago, and they're back on a regular basis now. Terry came home the other day and found them asleep under a pine tree we have right out the back door. They really spook easy, so he couldn't get a picture of them there, but I do have one of them by the bird feeder.

Last night I was pruning the roses, minding my own business, when I turned around, there they were! About 10' from me, just waddling off to wherever it is they spend the night. When I stood up, they stopped, looked at me, sat down and rested for a bit, then went on their merry way. It's hard to say if they have a nest nearby, I would almost think so since they're around all the time, but I haven't seen any young ones around, and they always waddle off towards the "Nasty neighbor cat's" place so if there's a nets of ducklings there, they won't last too long. I'm really hoping the nest is nowhere near, but hopefully we'll see little ones waddling along one of these days.

The other new "pets" are a pair of bunnies who have been hanging around lately too. We've never had so much action in the backyard, so this is all kind of exciting, and fun to watch! The bunnies haven't been around as much as the ducks though. Hope we see little bunnies one of these days too.....as long as the "nasty neighbor cat" stays away. You guys all know I love animals, and especially cats, but that is one cat I could really do without.

Here's a picture of one of the bunnies.


And here's one of the ducks. They brought a friend along for this picture.