Duck island installation via cams

Yesterday I posted about installing the new floating duck island. Today, some additional pictures of that process, as captured by the two cameras that watch the pond.

To start, here’s me easing the cart and island down the bank into the pond, as seen by the cam near the duck house:

Another angle, from the pond deck cam:

Island off the cart:

Adding the two extra buoyancy buckets:

Moving it to by the duck house:

Removing the upturned boat:

A wheelbarrow of dirt (look next to the datestamp):

Adding dirt:

Adding grasses:

Digging up grasses next to the duck house (it was encroaching a bit too close, so I wanted to remove some anyway):

Wading in the pond again to plant the grasses in the dirt:

Anchoring the island:

Ducks investigating the island from a safe distance, an hour after I was done:

Ducks near the island this morning; I haven’t seen any go onto it yet, but at least they aren’t totally avoiding it:

While on morning rounds, I propped up the old boat with a couple of logs:

The thought is that they could use it as an additional shelter, e.g. for laying eggs:

Here it is from across the pond. It isn’t super attractive, though has a certain aged rustic charm. I might move it elsewhere, but that’ll do for now:

Some more pictures of the island:

A glimpse of ducks on the bank at the back of the pond: