posted 2 hours ago
Did you know that Muscovy Ducks are absolutely terrified of empty black garbage bags lying in a heap on the grass?
(Seriously? I'd brought a garbage bag to the field to clean up a mess, and dropped it on the ground while I organized their nightly feed ration. They all came up the hill in a line, ready for bedtime, stopped as a group in a semi-circle and stared intently at the bag. They would *not* go into their shelter. I finally had to pick up the bag and hide it near where I needed it, go and look after a group of khakis, and finally the Muscovy had got over it enough to go to bed.)