Hello duck....good-bye robins.

Not a real duck....while it would be amusing until I was able to take a picture, the amount of poop ducks generate is ghastly. We have a new duck, Harvey Too. Notice the jaunty tilt to her head.The previous duck, Harvey, was faded and leaking water and didn't adequately represent the mojo I had going in the yard.

The baby robins left us this weekend but not without some drama. Between Friday and Saturday we had about 3 inches of rain...maybe more....and I had to drain quite a bit from the pool. One left Friday and was never seen again. The 2nd baby left Saturday while I was venturing outside to oversee the damage from the rain. He swooped over my head and landed in the yard. He hopped over to the shed and tried to gain altitude or coverage or something by jumping repeatedly into the shed doors. He eventually made it to cover in the garden. I stayed outside because I was afraid he would accidentally land in the pool and be swept into the filter to die. Sure enough, he tried to fly over the pool and skidded across the top and flopped into the water. I ran over to jump in and save him but recovered my thought process long enough to grab the skimmer pole and scoop him out. I tried to put him back into the nest but he wouldn't have anything to do with it. Eventually, I lost track of him and I wish these babies luck. They are going to need it!