Aquatic Birds

Territorial Dispute

Lets get ready to rumble!!!!! These two groups appear to be engaged in a territorial dispute. Each claims to have been there first. The turtles have the numbers but the ducks have the size. I left before feathers and scutes started flying.
Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa)
Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans)

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