Today, they’d drained one of our local duck ponds.
The ducks (and the resident heron) seemed most confused, vying for space in the last few dribbles between banks of mud.
Drained duck pond
OK – who pulled the plug out?
15 02 2012Quieter Elephant
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Quieter Elephant 
Catch them while they’re confused, but I don’t know how to roast a heron.
Same way you get your goose cooked.
Ah, yes, I’m familiar with that.
Why are they draining the duck ponds?
They’re all silted up. They’re a storm catchment thing, and I guess they’re not capable of holding as much water as they need to any more.
Or the supermarket wants its shopping trolleys back. One or the other.
[…] few readers may recall come pictures I posted when our two local ponds were being drained. That was back in February. Progress is being made, and one of the ponds has been refilled. […]