Post-mortem

All day yesterday there were six ducklings at the ponds so I figured they were out of the woods, so to speak. This morning I could only count 5, but they were all healthy and vivacious. Then an hour or so later I could only find four, and saw the fifth one floating dead. I fished it out and cut into its crop to see if it had eaten and choked on corn, but couldn't find anything. So, don't know. Just nature, I guess. Or maybe one of the adults drowned it.

Going to oasis tomorrow for a couple of days or so.