Eagle Nest Beside the Somass River
On a very exciting note, yesterday the other farm apprentice has arrived back at the farm. Her name is Liz, and she is kind, calm, beautiful, smart and wonderfully adventurous. I am so happy to have met her and to be living and working with her. The eagles nests are from a morning walk and the bottom two photos are from an afternoon drive and short hike.
Today's post will be a bird theme and will start with a closer look at the eagle's nest that sits high atop a tree at the end of the field. It has apparently been used for generations of eagles and would probably weigh a few hundred pounds.
Morning Look at the Riverside Eagle's Nest
I will continue this bird-oriented post by discussing the ducks on the farm. The ducks are Muskovy ducks, which are native to Mexico, Central America and South America. In the wild, they eat fish, reptiles, insects, crustaceans, and millipedes. Here on the farm they eat pellet food that is made of who-knows-what.
Muskovy Duck
The ducks are on the farm as meat birds. Apparently their meat is different than other bird meat in that it is more like veal than poultry. Less greasy than other bird meat as well. Maybe I will compare this meat to the duck meat I ate in Nepal. It can't be worse than my Nepali host-father saying "you're eating the duck's head right now."
Muskovy Duck Eggs, covered by Momma duck's chest feathers
One of the ducks has made a nest in a protected corner of the barn. She has plucked her front feathers to keep the eggs warm. If her down feathers are anything like the ones in my sleeping bag, these eggs will be toasty warm. She proudly prances around the barn, obviously very pleased with her eggs.
Beautiful river that flows into Sprout Lake, on a walk today
Marshmellow the dog washing her paws in Sproat Lake
Thanks for reading, everyone and hope you are all well.
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