The good news, the boys discovered that one of our female ducks had five babies and chose to debut them on the pond today!
The bad news, within 2 hours of the debut, momma went from 5 ducklings to 3. :(
We ate dinner on the back porch tonight and had a front row seat to a hawk snatching one of the babies and then enjoying its meal in a tree nearby. So sad.
Soon after the attack I noticed a bald eagle and several vultures circling the pond. I'm beginning to wonder if any of the little babes are going to make it to adulthood.
Evan took today's events in stride but Seth was bummed, thankfully he was easily distracted. Kane and Ford were blissfully unaware.
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