Having a big hawk with a four or five foot wing span fly into your face is a scary experience I can tell you. I took some pictures of two large groups of white birds and black birds that gathered one day. I was going to send the picture to President Obama to show how blacks and whites could live together but my kids said, “Mom, look at the picture, they’re in two separate groups.” Oh well. One day an alligator sunned itself for almost six hours on the golf course bank of the canal. I shouted to a golfer to warn him but he just kept playing. I have counted over sixty ducks at a time on the canal. We call them the “mishpucha,” which is the Yiddish word for family. They must
all be related. The other day we had a terrible thunderstorm from Hurri- cane Isaac. A mishpucha of Mosco- vy Ducks lives under a bush next door and I could see them from my window. One of the young ducks had wandered out near our fence and into the open. The storm was pound- ing down on the poor creature who was frozen in fear. Soon enough one of the parents had had enough and waddled out to the rescue. Mama or Pappa duck pushed the young one with their bill and prodded the little one home to safety under the bush. It is beautiful and fascinating to watch Mother Nature, except for the alligator and the occasional snake, and the raccoons. But I do love the birds.
Eagle Trace Coral Springs, Florida have been in this about 23 years.
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