I’m not a hunter, I married one. When it comes to wild critters in the woods I want to hug them. And cuddle them. And wish they’d live in my yard forever.
I’m sure you are all sick of hearing how horrified I was last year when the dirty rotten nasty fox ate my duck eggs. But it’s spring time and at this very moment there are duck eggs probably somewhere in my neighborhood or soon to be. I’ve been praying they’d return.
So Saturday I was minding my own business on Facebook when …
Love is a battlefield happened in my very own front yard …
Two males and one female.
And please don’t call her a floozy.
It’s not her fault.
They were mean to her. And when they were done, they walked right over her.
And stepped on her head.
And just as I was about to run over and whack them, one of the males chased off the other male. (Please note; my weapon of choice is a shoe.)
911 what’s your emergency: Hi umm, it’s the neighbor of the crazy neighbor lady across the street again. Two male mallards just attacked her in her front yard.
Again.
Have a good day all … I think I need to set a trap and lock mama mallard in my basement where she would be safe to have her babies.
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God love you – I just have to start my day with you.. you always make me laugh right out loud –
Oh the horror and the shame for poor mama mallard.. never would I call her a floozy…perhaps she will need counseling after this horrific and violent encounter LOL
Thanks once again for brightening up my day- especially today when everything I have touched for the last 5 hours has self destructed!
I would never call her a floozy- tramp, maybe – but never floozy. I kid, I kid. You might need to work on your shoe throwing, Jody, if this keeps up.
She’s lucky it was only two drakes. Mallards are the most notorious gang rapists of the duck world. (And they don’t even stay within the species! Mallard mixbreeds are EVERYWHERE.)
The California Waterfowl Association has made a lot of money selling a poster at its fundraising dinners. The poster is a picture of SEVEN drakes on a hen mallard. The words on the poster: Save a hen – shoot a drake! It’s very popular.
By the way, nice photography! But that headline sure smacked a date on your cupcakes…