Happy to see my duck house worked and seen some ducklings/first ever on camera.Then going through the pics soon realized it wasnt good..... As of today there are three left outta 7. Dont think them three will be around much longer. Crappy part of running alot of cams is seeing mother nature work in bad ways also. > This one is by far my favorite with the duckling riding on ma's back Then the owl shows up. My guess is the ma' hung with the babies into the night where she normally goes back into the duck house. The owl is a regular and seen a chance for some food. Since the first night the owl has hung out till just about sunrise. (rained both nights/kinda foggy night pics but you get the idea) And here the owl is with a little one: And what is left as of today.
Here's one for you. I can't believe that nature is not what Disney movies say it is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_E4BUt1z8Y
That owl did every fisherman a favor by eating those ducklings, those are not really ducks they are fish eating machines.
Tough ending for the ducklings but that was a great capture you got on the log. Blessings.........Pastorjim
That is nature in action. Poor little duckling, but it is predator and prey. I have seen a hawk take a squirrel from a tree once.. that was kind of cool.
They are flying, swimming, coyotes. Beautiful birds though. Owl can be jerks too, I had one that got into a pheasant pen and would kill a hen eat it's brain and kill another one and eat nothing but the brains.
I always find it ironic that we hate on natural predators so much. Especially when they kill animals we like, or animals that we want to kill ourselves. They're all part of the same ecosystem we are and they need to eat just like we do. Trouble is they don't have a grocery store or fast food joint to drive through and get theirs. Hunter goes out and shoots a deer and makes jerky out of it - we all praise him/her. Owl kills a duck and eats it - we all complain about it. Odd. Nice photos anyways.
I was about to say the same thing...it's just the life cycle of the ecosystem. Everything has a place.
Yah like I said the bad side of running cams is you see the other side of things. But ya not something you catch unfold on camera often.
Checked again today after work and they are all gone. Owl was there right at sunset. Was neat seeing that the duck house worked though and there was little ones in the pond.
