Sunday, July 19, 2009

"Just try to ignore him."

Some alert Reds notice the intruder.

A quick strategy conference ensues.

The strategy? Ignore the snapping turtle and try to eat as much as possible. You never know.

I recently took down the fencing that was meant to keep the ducks from exploring the pond too precipitously. Tommy the turtle immediately decided that the lawn near the duck shelter was a good place to sunbathe, and for the last two days he's come up to loll around and check out the poultry. Snapping turtles can eat small ducks apparently, so out of an excess of caution, the ducks haven't been in the pond since Tommy made his first appearance. I've begun chasing him away so our Rouens can have their little corner of the pond back. After all, if anyone's going to have duck soup around here, it's going to be me.

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