8 months ago. Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Rain Watch
I was situating myself in the car after a little walk in the lovely grey day of rain.The day grey,wet,gentle pouring water just like Oregon but this is Colorado falling from the sky. I was loving it.
Parked in front of the park lake we were watching the geese and other birds enjoying the wonderful wet as well. Through the rain, we spotted climbing up the bank of the lake less than 10 feet from the car where we sat peeping , out came cuties!!!!
A mama duck with about 7 itty bitty fresh fuzzy cute ducklings waddled up onto the bank. Those ducklings were cute asf and about 2-3 inches in height!!! I could barely see them above the perking up grass. They were scrambling around eating the wet grass while Mama duck was behind them herding the group north along the grassy bank.
I was starting to get a little...well a lot concerned because I knew that it was getting close to FEEDING TIME!!! I live close to the park with the lake and from my 4th floor space and when I'm out and about I see Predator Birds; Hawks of a few types and Eagles sailing in to feed.
So here I was transfixed on this family of ducks meanwhile worrying about what was coming next. Turns out Mama duck is smarter than me. She hustled her babies to the edge of the lake where I saw a patch of old long overgrown grass hanging out over into the lake. They all disappeared. I'm thinking that she hid them away in that bushy grassy water cave.
Just then I started seeing dark shapes flashing above the water. I at first wasn't sure of what I was seeing my eyes were not confirming with brain. The flashes would come and go in different places above the water but were approximately the same shape with long dark outstretched sides like triangles and 1 middle part that was pointed down in the center. I focused in...FEEDING TIME had begun!!! Predator birds were a hunting and there were a lot of dark flashes going on. I looked up to see if I could see them flying in...nope the conditions were perfect for predators...dark wet gloomy. I then checked again that the duck family was gone...whew..yes. Back to predator watching...now I see the flashes heading up. Successful exiting.
I didn't want the cute little ducklings to be eaten but I sure am fascinated by them Predators...guess it's the sub in me.
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