Ducks

Just walked the dogs up by the pond. It looks as thought there is a pair of wild ducks, mallards, starting to nest up there. As I approached with the dogs they flew up together and starting circling. They didn't fly away, but they only came down again until we moved on.
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I hope they stay. I can't stay entirely out of their way unfortunately, so there're going to have to get used to me.
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If they do stay, they will really have an ideal home and nursery; a pond entirely to themselves and twenty odd acres of rough scrubland as a feeding area.