{"id":26291,"date":"2022-04-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=26291"},"modified":"2022-04-26T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T05:00:00","slug":"so-excited-tuesday-26th-april-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2022\/04\/26\/so-excited-tuesday-26th-april-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"So excited – Tuesday 26th April 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So Excited<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We are all so excited. I know this is a bad photo but I took it from a long way away. It was the first time one of the ducks has been back in the pond since we delivered their house. Then yesterday things got even better. Mrs Duck was sitting on the house\u2019s veranda. She was quite content preening herself. I think she was probably feeling pretty happy to have such a nice house offered to her. She hasn\u2019t actually moved in yet, but it\u2019s a very exciting start. Mum did some more pond clearing yesterday which we\u2019re hoping they\u2019ll appreciate too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rain needed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re a bit worried that it hasn\u2019t rained for a while and the water level of the pond is going down. Unfortunately, it\u2019s not as simple as filling it up from the tap. Mum was reading about what to do and it wouldn\u2019t be good to put water in without getting rid of some of the chemicals first. The best solution is to discover a natural spring or to have rainwater adding to it. Ari and I are going to dig in search of a spring later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bird murder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Something is killing some of our garden birds. Mum is very upset about it and has asked us to investigate. She\u2019s found parts of bird bodies that look as though they were attacked and killed rather than having died of natural causes. There was just a wing in the parsnip trough. At least this one was past being recognisable. Mum was more upset at the one she could identify the day before. She thinks it may be the bigger birds committing the crime but they are keeping silent on the subject. I know it\u2019s called a murder of crows when they are in a group, but I hope they aren\u2019t taking it literally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wilma is so excited to find that the ducks are beginning to look at their house. We just need them to move in.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-26291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wildlife","tag-wildlife","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}