Backyard Wildlife

In addition to the dozen finches, doves, pigeons and who knows what else kind of birds that frequent the little backyard for the duck food smorgasbord, I also have one hummingbird that comes religiously. Today it played in the water.

One time a hummingbird came in my house. It was before I had a screen door on the back of the house and he just flew right in. When I saw it I screamed because I thought that it was a gigantic moth or gigantic wasp or some other gigantic thing that was going to do me harm. Let me tell you, trying to capture a hummingbird in a house with cathedral ceilings is no easy task because hummingbirds do not sit still. I chased it around, but I got afraid it might have a hummingbird heart attack from the stress, so I ended up calling Bill to see if he had any sage wisdom. Unfortunately Bill had already been imbibing and didn't really have any sage advice other than giggles. Eventually the hummingbird got straight wore out and I captured him and put him back in the wild. I like wildlife better when it is not in my house.

I have taken an immense and deep satisfaction that after I put up the new 'duck' fence on Saturday, PDub and EDub have been unable to penetrate the garden walls. I am finally smarter than a duck. Also since yesterday when I reinstalled the wire fence along the cement they have not been on the patio, which has left my patio duck crap free. I like the ducks better when they just fertilize the grass.

I have eight eggs for my duck egg quiche. I would have had 13, but I didn't realize that EDub was laying eggs by the wheelbarrow for five days and had to throw those away. I'm trying to be smarter than them now, by checking every where for eggs every day. They're sneaky little bastards.