The Whistlers Visit

This morning about 7:00 we were awakened by a familiar sound in the back yard.  The Whistling Ducks were paying us a visit.  They are around most every day - but it's the first time this year that so many have gathered so close.

All but a few of them were actually on the ground, in the grass just a few feet from the edge of our back deck, but as quite as I tried to be they all scattered when I opened the screen door!  But they didn't go far.  They gathered on the roof of our boathouse (top photo) and our neighbor's boathouse, allowing me to grab a photo!