This little duck caught my attention when I kept hearing a high-pitched “peep” and couldn’t figure out where it came from. As I turned the corner away from the lake and turned toward the pool, there he was! No mom to be seen anywhere, just ducky paddling and peeping plaintively.
Ultimately I think she rescued him, because I did see a mom and baby swimming around later on. Unfortunately the lake can be a dangerous place for an adventurous duckling — the Canada geese are mean and nasty and like to raid duck families for the sheer sport.
…and along the same theme of juuuust missing the mark, here’s the red-tailed hawk that had ducky in its sights until the crows chased it off.
