No need to hire a 'pool person'...

...when we have this awesome black bird~ He has been here for 2 days now. He is eating the June bugs from the pool! Now Sophie one the other hand is not so sure what to think nor happy!

We'rrrreee back.....

When we moved here 6 years ago, unbeknowest to us we had a duck and eggs behind a bush.
What a morning that was to wake up to mom duck, drake and 13 ducklings in the pool!

The 'pool' guys could not resurface the pool due to the fact they are 'federal proctect'. We all had to wait a few weeks for eggs to hatch. Once they did DH built a ramp.  She showed them how to follow her out of the pool (using the ramp), walk around and jump back in the water. This went on for about an hour. The we opened the back fence door...and out they went to a near by park with a pond!

 This went on for 3 years. Then...once the neighbor got a cat and the following year we got Sophie they stop coming.

Well....today they came by...for a visit!

Mom sitting on eggs. This was from 4 years ago... all 7 hatched.