Drama In The Yard

[Revoltingest]

We have a couple ducks live in & around our little frog pond by the house every spring.
We & the tenants in the other house have front row seats from porches & windows.
This year, an ambitious drake decided to challenge the resident one for the affections of the female.
Oh, we named them.....
Winning drake: Bob
Female: Jeanette
Losing drake: Loser Duck
Bob & Loser Duck had a might set of battles, with one forcing the other underwater.
Wings flapped furiously....war cries were quacked....Jeanette watched with great interest.
If we're lucky, Jeanette might soon lay a clutch of eggs in full view.
This has happened before at my self storage facility, but it's a rare event.

So, fellow posters....
What drama unfolds in your yard?

 

[Rival]

Cats digging deep holes and ****ting in them. All over our yard.

 

[The Hammer]

There is a Racoon that frequents the empty house next to mine, and regularly hangs out on the roof at night, and antagonizes my dog with it's presence.

 

[Revoltingest]

More details, people!

 

[Left Coast]

We have a couple ducks live in & around our little frog pond by the house every spring.
We & the tenants in the other house have front row seats from porches & windows.
This year, an ambitious drake decided to challenge the resident one for the affections of the female.
Oh, we named them.....
Winning drake: Bob
Female: Jeanette
Losing drake: Loser Duck
Bob & Loser Duck had a might set of battles, with one forcing the other underwater.
Wings flapped furiously....war cries were quacked....Jeanette watched with great interest.
If we're lucky, Jeanette might soon lay a clutch of eggs in full view.
This has happened before at my self storage facility, but it's a rare event.

So, fellow posters....
What drama unfolds in your yard?

My cat is in an ongoing pseudo-drama pursuing squirrels in our yard. They mostly mock him from just out of reach, chittering from a low tree branch he can't get to.

Also, we've been doing more gardening/planting lately (because corona) and my dog keeps eating the leaves off of my baby cucumber plant, nearly uprooting it. So the poor plant has been moved to rehab in the front yard.

We just put up a bird feeder as well, and I thought I was being completely ignored, but yesterday finally saw a bluebird come down and grab some birdseed out of it! Hooray!

 

[Nakosis]

We have a possum in our back yard. I've never seen it. We've been at the house for almost 7 years. My son has seen it several times. Scares the crap out of him. My wife saw it the other day. Said it looks like a pig.

Seems to run away at the sight of people, so I never get to see it. In the midst of a city in the midst of a housing development, wouldn't expect to see a possum.

 

[dybmh]

What drama unfolds in your yard?

Well... we have hummingbirds that visit the salvia. And a deer goes thru our front yard and leaves tracks.

We also get enormous amazing spiders in the fall.

I planted a sassafras tree 2 years ago and it's starting to take. Maybe next year will be its first full new growth cycle.

 

[dybmh]

More details, people!

We also get enormous amazing spiders in the fall.

Crossback Orb weavers to be exact.

 

[Secret Chief]

All cat-based dramas. Sleeping. Dozing. Washing. Yawning. Scratching. Rolling around. More sleeping. It's hard to keep up frankly.

 

[Revoltingest]

We have a possum in our back yard. I've never seen it. We've been at the house for almost 7 years. My son has seen it several times. Scares the crap out of him. My wife saw it the other day. Said it looks like a pig.

Seems to run away at the sight of people, so I never get to see it. In the midst of a city in the midst of a housing development, wouldn't expect to see a possum.

Possums & skunks love life in town.

 

[sun rise]

Our yard has no drama worth noting outside of being careful where you walk. The lack of creativity and site selection is notable. There's nothing even close to this forethought and due diligence going on

But wait, there's more at Guy Asks If Other Dogs Poop In Weird Positions Like His Pooch Does, Receives 35 Pics That Answer His Question

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Cats digging deep holes and ****ting in them. All over our yard.

Hey, me too! Is that you across the street moving in?

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Worse I had was the apartment my ex and I had in Indiana, and it wasn't a yard but more of a patio area. Drunken fights sometimes found their way too, and people had to be shooed away. Also, the upstairs neighbor let their dog **** and **** on their balcony area, so we had to be mindful to use or patio area.

Bob & Loser Duck had a might set of battles, with one forcing the other underwater.
Wings flapped furiously....war cries were quacked....Jeanette watched with great interest.

So is Bob the resident drake or the challenger who swooped in?

 

[Revoltingest]

Worse I had was the apartment my ex and I had in Indiana, and it wasn't a yard but more of a patio area. Drunken fights sometimes found their way too, and people had to be shooed away. Also, the upstairs neighbor let their dog **** and **** on their balcony area, so we had to be mindful to use or patio area.

So is Bob the resident drake or the challenger who swooped in?

Bob is the victor who got him some.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Bob is the victor who got him some.

Well, yeah. But was he the resident drake or the ambitious drake who made the challenge.

 

[oldbadger]

We have a couple ducks live in & around our little frog pond by the house every spring.
We & the tenants in the other house have front row seats from porches & windows.
This year, an ambitious drake decided to challenge the resident one for the affections of the female.
Oh, we named them.....
Winning drake: Bob
Female: Jeanette
Losing drake: Loser Duck
Bob & Loser Duck had a might set of battles, with one forcing the other underwater.
Wings flapped furiously....war cries were quacked....Jeanette watched with great interest.
If we're lucky, Jeanette might soon lay a clutch of eggs in full view.
This has happened before at my self storage facility, but it's a rare event.

So, fellow posters....
What drama unfolds in your yard?

Dolly duck's partner is an Indian black called Splash who fancies Molly a Carolina girl. Molly's partner Lovelace looks marvellous but he's asexual, totally useless. Pablo and Ivy are Mandarins and Splash rapes Ivy at every opportunity so her tail feathers always look a mess. So our back garden is the scene of altercations , rapes, romance and rapture.

 

[ChristineM]

Out bird feeder is well frequented all year round. Changing over the seasons we have sparrows, siskins, various finches (Darwin would be proud), two robin (very territorial), redstart, a couple of great tits and one lonely bluetit. Until Sunday morning when our lonely bluetit perched on the fence waiting for the sparrows to vacate the free restaurant. Along side our lonesome beauty was its mate and two youngsters. Awww

 

[ChristineM]

Cats digging deep holes and ****ting in them. All over our yard.

Its what they do.

 

[VoidCat]

I saw a huge bird eat another bird.

 

[ChristineM]

I saw a huge bird eat another bird.

I am afraid we get that quite often. A few weeks ago a sparrowhawk brought down a dove and decided the middle of the road was a great place to dine. Traffic backed up for 40 minutes.