Today I reassembled the fenced run for the latest ducklings. I got a bunch of pictures that will be in today’s ducklings blog post. Here are two clips: playing in the mud, while Betty quacks at them, plus using the paint tray pool.
More ducklings day 20
Some duckling closeups today.
I plan to reassemble the duckling run and let them out into it in the next day or two. It’s going to be hot later in the week, so that’ll be good timing.
Everyone arrayed watching me:
Look at my cute little wings!
Waiting for their treats:
The Blue Swedish sitting in the corner:
Rouen closeup:
When visiting after lunch to open the vent, I found a Rouen in her favorite spot:
Peeking from the cupboard into the nesting box:
Aerial photos in August
I flew my drone over the homestead yesterday. Interesting to compare to when I did so in June and back in April and March.
Let’s begin with an angled aerial shot of the apple trees in the field, the flowerbeds, pond, back lawn, and veggie garden:
The reverse angle, with the shop, hoop house, veggie garden, back lawn, pond, and flowerbeds:
Closer to the pond, with the ducks visible; they weren’t sure what to make of the strange noisy bird hovering and flying nearby:
Another angle of the pond and ducks:
And another:
GIF of flying upwards from the pond:
One more from lower down; I think this is the first time I’ve hovered over the pond:
The flowerbeds and white gazebo:
Beehives, greenhouse, veggie garden, chicken coops, hoop house, back of shop:
Veggie garden:
Hops taking over the top of the berry cage:
The berry cage and weather wind speed and direction sensors:
Mount Hood is looking a lot less snowy at this time of year:
Zoomed in on Mount Hood:
More ducklings day 19
Sunday duckling day… who am I kidding, every day is duckling day.
Or night; here are sleeping ducklings:
Two Rouens on the EcoGlow; they really like that spot. I was amused by one having a leg stretched out behind her:
Ducklings waiting for treats:
Yay treat time:
It’s nice to see their waterproofing efforts paying off, with water droplets on their backs (though the duckling fluff isn’t as waterproof as their eventual feathers):
More ducklings day 18
It’s duckling time!
Two Rouens on the EcoGlow:
Ducklings with leafy treats:
Standing back a bit, you can see ducklings in the duck house, and ducks diving in the pond:
Bonus shot of duck butts:
Cat update for week ending August 29
Welcome to Caturday! Cuteness! Paladin! Raccoons! Levitating cat! A random GIF! And more!
Dinner queue:
Porcini:
Pommie in her favorite place:
Pommie and Bella at the cat feeder:
Paladin watches Bella on the driveway:
Bella is curious, and approached:
Paladin and Bella curiously watching each other:
A closer look at Bella:
Pommie was comfy in her cabin, then raccoons approached; she hissed at them:
The raccoons circled around behind, and Pommie wisely retreated; you can see raccoon eyes between the cabins:
There was a mother and at least one kit:
Pommie was happy to go back later, though:
On a hot day, Pepper on her non-heated bed on top of shelves in the shop (there’s a heating pad on the nearby blue bed for cold days):
Spud thought he heard something in the breezeway:
Spud in his cabin:
Bella walking through the breezeway while Spud is sleeping in late:
Levitating cat! A frame of mid-run through the breezeway:
Breakfasttime:
Dinnertime:
Sparkletime — a GIF of the dappled sun through the trees by the cat house, which makes it very hard to spot cat activity when reviewing recordings around midday, as the camera is pretty much constantly registering motion (it does look nice, though):
More ducklings day 17
We had Flock Friday this morning; now it’s time to check on the newest additions, the ducklings.
It’s hard to find a non-blurry picture from the morning, so let’s lean into the motion with a GIF:
Here are a couple decent shots:
Spotted on the cam around lunchtime:
Less movement after lunch, when I went out to open the vent:
Flock Friday for August 28
Welcome to another Flock Friday!
Let’s begin with an animated GIF of ducks and fish at night:
Ducks on the pond bank from different angles:
Some ducks headed up the ramp to the duck house, even though the pop door is closed:
You can just make them out from the other cam too:
Ducks on the pond:
Night ducks:
Chickens waiting for treats:
Chickens with treats:
Finally, the ducks on the opposite side of the duck house from normal:
More ducklings day 16
Your daily dispatch of ducklings. No changes today, so on with the pics. Enjoy!
More ducklings day 15 (start of week 3)
More leafy treats and wading in the pool for the ducklings today.
Hand feeding a leafy treat:
More treats in the water:
The ducklings move so quickly, a lot of my pictures are blurry (which is why I often take many; I took 28 today). I found this one amusing, though; a pair of fuzzy butts:
Watching me:
In the pool:
