--Walked in from Hillview Street past canal and walked counterclockwise toward eastern pond bank; saw two female mallards (neither the mother) together
--Circumnavigated entire pond, then started to head east down Hillview and saw mama and five ducklings walking down the path--Surmised that they must have been hiding / resting under the cabbage palm cluster just south of the path; other possibility is the south canal bank
--Watched as they went down into the canal to feed
--Had a very interesting conversation with a resident whose backyard faces the south boundary of Arlington Park. Resident disagrees with county regulations and has emailed them, arguing that this is a man-made park and some species here aren't native, that ending human feeding is making the animals hungry; she also said that some of the black ducks were killed by humans a few years ago, very sad.--Resident surmised that red-tailed hawks were preying upon the ducklings. Recalled that we had seen one on visit one.
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