What I choose to share tonight makes me smile, and I find it slightly humorous. I have had wild ducks visiting my backyard. I was out gardening the other day, and I heard a "splash". Imagine my surprise (and delight) to find two wild ducks in my pool. We are on the fourth consecutive day where at least one wild duck has visited our home. I am use to humming birds, blue jays, doves, chick-a-dees and several other little birds (that I have not identified yet) visiting my backyard. I have even had Cooper hawks land on my fence. Once a crow was investigating one of my raised garden beds. I currently know of two wild bird nests on my property with eggs and young chicks in them.
As you can imagine, I love all of this because ... (wait for it) ... I like birds.
The humorous part to me is that their is no ordinance regarding wild birds entering your backyard. So, I get to enjoy the ducks.
Keep writing your editorials and emailing your Council Member in support of backyard hens.
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Ward 3 (Weir), Ward 5 (Freeman), Ward 6 (Gray) and Ward 7 (Parlier) are all anti-hens.
Reach out to me if you want to get more involved with our efforts to work respectfully with the city to amend the current ordinance to allow for a small number of backyard hens in residential zones. Our backyard hen community continues to grow, and you are welcome to join.
I have to go now and check on the wild ducks.