cutest. thing. ever.
Proper update and thank yous to come, but for now let me introduce you to what's keeping me away from the computer at the moment:
OMG DUCKLINGS! So cute and fluffy and CUTE.
Seven little day-old orphaned wood ducks. Sadly, we were alerted to their presence by Darcy who dropped one on the back doorstep, but we managed to save the rest. Mum and Dad duck had disappeared.
Their names are Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Percival, Sir Gawain, Sir Bedivere, Prince Arthur Pendragon, and the tiniest one is Merlin. Merlin's really the only one I can tell apart from the others.
Aw, sheesh, just check out the entire gallery because I can't stop WATCHING them and making tiny little squeeing noises and flailing about at how ADORABLE they are.
They're in a spare bird cage at the moment, because they're still too tiny for the guinea pig and chicken-raising cages we have. Maybe in a few days, they won't be able to squeeze through the wire any more. OR we could have reunited them with mummy duck by then. She came back this afternoon and we actually got them to go to her for a few minutes, but then she flew off without them and I couldn't bear to see them all alone in the back paddock where anything could eat them. So they're back in my room, safe and asleep. Awwww.
OMG DUCKLINGS! So cute and fluffy and CUTE.
Seven little day-old orphaned wood ducks. Sadly, we were alerted to their presence by Darcy who dropped one on the back doorstep, but we managed to save the rest. Mum and Dad duck had disappeared.
Their names are Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad, Sir Percival, Sir Gawain, Sir Bedivere, Prince Arthur Pendragon, and the tiniest one is Merlin. Merlin's really the only one I can tell apart from the others.
Aw, sheesh, just check out the entire gallery because I can't stop WATCHING them and making tiny little squeeing noises and flailing about at how ADORABLE they are.
They're in a spare bird cage at the moment, because they're still too tiny for the guinea pig and chicken-raising cages we have. Maybe in a few days, they won't be able to squeeze through the wire any more. OR we could have reunited them with mummy duck by then. She came back this afternoon and we actually got them to go to her for a few minutes, but then she flew off without them and I couldn't bear to see them all alone in the back paddock where anything could eat them. So they're back in my room, safe and asleep. Awwww.