It’s Official!

The Bear Republic is Curly Country once more!

Yesterday, when I was out puttering around the Little Pond, Mr and Mrs were puttering around in the Big Pond. This morning, they were paddling about, like they owned the joint. Ahhhh!

One of these days, I’m gonna get pictures…

Curtis Was Introduced…

…to the Curlys this morning. I spotted them from the window.

Dog-Shy

Bob reported that Glenkerry wandered past the pond and scared the Curlys off…

Still Shy

Between snoozes on the alarm clock this morning, I heard one or the other of the Curlys down in the pond. When I got up, I didn’t see them; under the deck, maybe?

Camera-Shy

Woke up early, and Bob wasn’t in bed; figured he had wandered down the hall, and rolled over, and there he was, looking out the window (not very nice to startle his wife like that)!

Turns out the mallard hen, Mrs Curly as we’ve taken to calling her (from the curly tail feathers on the mallard drake) (the same Mrs Curly from last year?), was in the pond, quacking insistently. All in good time, Mr Curly appeared from under the dock and joined her.

When I got up, Bob’s Nikon was out, armed with the big, long lens, but to no avail; by the time he got ready to go, the ducks were gone.

Ding, Dong, the Duck Is Back!!

Dustin walked around the corner down to the pond and scared the poop (you should excuse the expression) out of (our?) mallard hen!

I was hoping they'd be back this year.

Duck!!

Saw a mallard pair in the river from the bridge on the way to Mass; suppose they’ll be showing up in the pond soon?

Quacking About

Just as I woke up this morning, I heard an odd noise out the bedroom window; sounded suspiciously like quacking. Sure enough, the mallards (a pair of them) from the river were back in the big pond, paddling about like they owned the joint.

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The Wildlife Brigade

I looked out the bedroom window at the big pond this morning, and lo and behold, there were three ducks paddling around, two mallard drakes and a hen, undoubtedly from the river. This was a pair and a third wheel, according to Bob. Wikipedia has a very interesting article, with great photos, on mallards.

About the same time there was a whole herd (comparatively speaking) of deer lounging on the point, basking in the sun. From the bedroom, I could make out a couple of what seemed to be fawns; Bob reported there were several more deer, including a buck. I hope his photos turned out; stay tuned.

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