Saturday, May 16, 2009

The Ducks

Every Spring we are visited by a Duck pair....I like to think of them as Mommy and Daddy duck. They literally have been coming for years. They are so cute. They waddle from home to home in our neighborhood. They are so fun to watch and they totally make my day. Here a couple pics of them.



And here is my dog, Odie, staring intently out the window at the ducks. "Please let me go out there and GET THOSE DUCKS!" (Sorry, Odie, not a chance).


About a week ago, we noticed a duck in the street a few houses away from ours. Sadly, the Mommy duck got hit by a car and was killed. Nobody I've talked to knows exactly what happened. It is so sad because we still see the Daddy duck come and he's all by himself. Although some in my neighborhood have said that they have seen him with another male duck. But it's still just not right, ya know? We are saddened around here. And we will miss seeing the pair together every Spring.

Do any of you know if ducks have companions for life or will this Daddy duck find someone else? Just curious. Life just won't be the same without them.....

3 comments:

Diane said...

The walking ladies found the duck on the street and we were so sad about it. We loved watching those two waddle around each morning. We were too traumatized to clean it up. Wonder who did????

Jana said...

My heart is broken, according to ask.com they have monogomous relationships, but the man or woman is likely to find another mate when the first expires. I wish they had been able to get that reccommend they had stopped by your house for ... bummer! Can you do vicarious work for a duck?? just wondering

Jana said...

I also wanted to say, your dog looks like the dog on that gormet dogfood commercial! Too cute!
Oh, and I am borrowing your duck picture on the continuing saga of the duck.