2009 Ducks

Due to a hungry mountain lion, we lost all our ducks by the end of 2008. Unfortunately, there was nothing we could do. It was a slow process over the summer and fall. It was quite frustrating.
As a result, we didn’t have any ducks through the winter. We decided this was a good thing, since [...]

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Wild Ducks and Domestic Ducks Get Along

Several wild ducks did come by for a good part of the summer, and all got along quite well.And they do breed!
But, I do remember one occasion just after the wild ducks came by. They all followed me up the hill from the pond. All of a sudden, a car [...]

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Domestic Ducks and Predators

Due to a mild winter during 2005-2006, all our ducks survived until spring. And thankfully, there were enough ducks so they could keep a section of the pond ice free by themselves.
This is so important, because without a place to scramble to, they are literally “sitting ducks” for [...]

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Two Stone Mountain Ducks Immortalized!

Here’s an update in the Fall of 2005
This year we did more beautification project to our lodge. Well, two of our favorite ducks became immortalized! I took one of our best pictures of La Nuit and April, aka Bonnie and Clyde, (see our ducks during 2003), and made cutouts for [...]

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A Pair of Canadian Geese Stop by Every Spring

During the Spring of 2004, 2 moms had 11 and 6 ducklings respectively. Of these broods, 9 and 1 survived. They enjoy hanging out together.
We have also become accustom to have other wildlife guests at our pond. A pair of Canadian geese stop by every year for [...]

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Less Ducks then More

By the spring of 2003 nature had whittled our flock down to 6 ducks when we adopted another Rouen female. Later this spring we lost Mama White to road traffic. We really miss her.

Soon after this, we released 2 new ducks to the pond. These ducks are of different breeds; One [...]

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