I was cutting the grass in the back yard last night, with the kids playing outside too, when I noticed two mallards cup up overhead. Being a waterfowl guy, I never get tired of watching ducks & geese do their thing so I stopped pushing the mower and watched these two lock up, then cut right down in the front yard! That was a first.
I don't know if they saw the bird feeder, or the other birds on the ground, but they must have made the association of food being present & decided to check it out. Well, I cut the mower, called the kids over, grabbed the camera, and we decided to try and see who could sneak up on the ducks and pluck a tail feather!! The kids eyes lit up, like are you serious??
So we rounded the opposite side of the house and belly crawled along the driveway to look under my truck & across the yard for the ducks...
Then we game planned to crawl down to the sidewalk, and crawl up the grass behind them....
I told them to go slow, stay low, and who ever plucked a tail feather would get a dollar...
Well, they got close, but not close enough to earn a buck. I got a good laugh out of it, and so did some of the neighbors that were watching the whole thing unfold!!
I don't know if they saw the bird feeder, or the other birds on the ground, but they must have made the association of food being present & decided to check it out. Well, I cut the mower, called the kids over, grabbed the camera, and we decided to try and see who could sneak up on the ducks and pluck a tail feather!! The kids eyes lit up, like are you serious??
So we rounded the opposite side of the house and belly crawled along the driveway to look under my truck & across the yard for the ducks...
Then we game planned to crawl down to the sidewalk, and crawl up the grass behind them....
I told them to go slow, stay low, and who ever plucked a tail feather would get a dollar...
Well, they got close, but not close enough to earn a buck. I got a good laugh out of it, and so did some of the neighbors that were watching the whole thing unfold!!
