Only nine pictures today, starting with some of the ducks:

Some of the chickens:

Some jays grabbing peanuts:

Merry Christmas and happy holidays! It’s also a Friday, which means it’s time to peek at the flock.

Literally — peeking through the nesting box at a duck in their house:

Some ducks eating from the feeder tube:

Rainy night ducks:

Ducks on the lawn:

Several are sleeping, with their heads tucked against their bodies, while others are on watch:

Bert flapping his wings:

The chickens waiting to greet me in the corner of the veggie garden:

Looking through the fence separating the new and old runs (there’s a chicken-sized doorway connecting them):

Coming through that doorway to receive treats:

Some closeups:

Pictures of hummingbirds, some of which were previously posted on my personal blog, some new ones:

Scattering when the dog approaches:

On a rainy day, the chickens tend to hang out in the coops; here some are on the new roosts:

A few hours later, the hummingbird feeder level is looking much lower; I had to refill it an hour or so after this:

Another day, the sugar water was partially frozen, due to subfreezing overnight temperatures; I haven’t put the heating pad on it yet, since it is warming up during the day, but probably will soon:

Stay tuned for a video from the pond, to be posted shortly.

Who wants to enjoy some pictures of ducks, chickens, and hummingbirds? You’ve come to the right place!

Earlier this week on my personal blog I posted a couple of pictures of our ducks on the duck house path, heading over the “temporary” bridge; here are a few more pictures from then:

Their destination was the lawn:

A shot from a chicken coop cam of them settling down for the night:

More pictures from that cam of them exploring the new roosts:

Ducks on the pond:

Rainy night ducks:

A bunch of pictures of the chickens; some quite nice closeups this week:

Finally, I posted some pictures of 11 hummingbirds yesterday; here are some more pictures of them:

Lots of nice duck and chicken pictures this week.

Starting with a cam shot of both — some chickens in their run, and ducks on the lawn in the background:

A bunch of pictures of the ducks on the lawn:

And on the pond, with some leafy treats:

On the lawn again, another day; unusual for them to be left of the path (on the edge of the flowerbeds area) — they headed to the back lawn when they saw me coming:

Several pictures of the chickens:

It’s easy to get them to hold still and give me their undivided attention; I just hold a container of treats above the camera:

They hadn’t touched the pumpkin I gave them a few days ago, so I cracked it open for them:

Several pictures of hummingbirds; I shared some of these yesterday on my personal blog, but there are a few more here:

Finally, the ducks near their house early this morning:

Welcome to Flock Friday.

Let’s start with some hummingbirds (previously posted on my personal blog):

The ducks in the pond:

And chickens:

The chickens waiting for me in the veggie garden; you can see the two coops beyond that, and the brown gazebo in the background:

The ducks on the edge of the lawn: