Today we meet a very special duck: Pixel. Pixel was named by our pals Chris and Bethany over at
Avoca Designs.
On the left we see Pixel hanging out in a very tall patch of grass. On the right, we see a picture showing the lay viewer how to tell Pixel apart from the other Indian Runners: notice the dark patch of feathers (nay: pixelated splotch!) by her left leg. As you can see from comparing her underside to the underside of Siren on the far right, she's pretty easy to spot. (Ha! Spot! Pixel!)
The gang has been having a good time hanging out in the very tall grass lately. Bruce and Spruce spend all day eating said grass, but the small ducks just hide in it. You will notice their very protective fence in the background: as of Friday the 23rd, we have had
two bobcat sightings in our yard. No one was hurt (thanks to the fence and the early warning system of QUACK QUACK QUACK), but still. We hate the bobcat. (We also had a small-crazy-puppy sighting last night at dusk when a little black and white dog rocketed around the yard for a few minutes before heading through the woods to the horse barn.)
In other news, we went hiking last week and saw this great little eft! I love the efts, because they are so small (this one was the size of a car key) and so very bright orange.
