You know how some people know when spring has arrived because the snow has melted or that the flower buds are starting to bloom?

In my family, we look for the ducks that come to our backyard every spring time when we have a giant pond of water in our backyard from all the melting snow. Once the snow has melted (not all of it has melted yet, but a large amount of it), the ducks would fly to our backyard from wherever they came from and wade in the pond and stay there starting from the end of March or early April.

When I came home from school today, guess who I saw visiting our backyard? THE DUCKS!! So spring has officially begun!!



They leave once the water from the backyard has evaporated, which is around the beginning of May, but the pair will definitely come again next year~! The pair of ducks consist of a male and female Black ducks which have been visiting without fail for the past five or six years.



I think they like our backyard since it's something like a private resort for them to swim in and not be disturbed by other ducks or animals.



In case if you were wondering, yeah... Our backyard is really BIG! Big enough to make a nice resort for these ducks!