Ducks

We built our pond years ago, and a bit later, a Muscovy duck just showed up - they're not native here, and not really even wild, but there she was. Later on, we bought her a boyfriend, whom you see pictured.

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An amazing pond Steve. What a beautiful place to be one with nature!
I built a pond at one of our previous homes, nestled in the woods. I introduced koi but the frogs and crawfish migrated naturally. I would have deer walk within feet of me while reading. So wonderful when you become tuned in to the environment.
I regret not knowing the liberty of naturism back then! It would have been even more enjoyable

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Your picture of your conversation with Muscovy makes it clear that she came because you're a nudist and a good soul and she probably realized she was safe figuring you were perhaps a transplant like her. It's all beautiful like out of a story book!

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That is some pond!

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We didn't try koi, because we knew the cane toads would show up; their poison eggs kill koi. We just put in guppies for mosquito control. The main agricultural function of the pond is to grow Azolla fern - the green pond weed in the pic - to use as compost stock.

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