Having happily kept ducks for a dozen years, I figured I have an affinity for waterfowl and adding geese seemed to be a reasonable thing to do.
Since geese eat grass, they are allowed to free range for most of the day. The ducks, being smaller, are more vulnerable to predators and are not given the free-range option.
Geese don't seem sensitive to the ducks' feelings about that, thus the ha ha ha-ha-ha strut.
Badgers are not unknown to Michigan, but this is the first time one appeared on our trail camera.
Some Badger Fun Facts:
- nocturnal
- related to the weasel
- dwell in burrows they dig themselves
- omnivores
There's a little hill where a groundhog dwells. Each spring when he (or probably she) wakens, she digs a fresh exit from her den under the hill.
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With this opening is an invitation to a male to come in.
After consummation, he leaves.
Till next year?
Last spring we redid the duck pen,
replacing it with a fully covered structure, as arial predators were a real threat with the old set-up.
The ducks accepted their new home.
However, the older gals did some reconnaissance outside the area just to be thorough.
As you can see, it didn't take them long to beat down the grass.
Well, ducks do that.
Here we have visual proof that Ornithopters exist!
I used to worry that the trail camera would show something upsetting, like an owl catching a rabbit.
Now I worry that an alien spacecraft is landing in my yard.
