Last night, as we sat on the jetty enjoying a cool sundowner after a very, very hot day I spotted 4 ducklings making their way down a neighbours slipway towards the water. Mother and father duck were supervising. One by one the ducklings slipped over the edge of the slip, and sat on the water. Mother and father duck watched from the nearby lawn, then flew the last few feet to join their flock.
None of them seemed to notice the water dragon, lying flat on the nearby jetty. It didn't seem to notice them. But I wonder how many ducklings there will be tonight?
In the picture above you can just see the ducklings in the top right, and the dragon in the bottom left corner.
The sunset colours were spectacular last night: maybe it was the effect of the heat, maybe the moisture in the air. It was a relief when the cool southerly change came through at about 8 o'clock, even though it then became too windy to sit outside for dinner.
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