Life at the Annapolis Royal Marsh: Nature's harsher side

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Nature's harsher side

I've been seeing a pair of Black Ducks feeding at the edge of the marsh the last several days. When I come along they move out into the water. This morning I was dismayed to find the body of one floating, belly up, at the marsh's edge, close to where I've been seeing them. A little farther on, I came across this female, perhaps the companion of the dead one. I was surprised to see the carcass, as I would think that if it were killed by a fox or other predator, it would have been devoured or carried off.

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