Vedette........Mallard Babies 9420 Ken Malloy Park SoCal

This was our second try for the Swallow-tailed Kite, a spectacular and unexpected visitor to SoCal. We were told that we missed the kite by about 15 minutes. That's right. It was sitting in a tree a stones throw from where we parked the car. On this day I decided to settle in and wait to see how the day unfolded. I would try to practice patience, gratitude, and mindfulness. Jerry spotted the sleeping ducklings. One opened its eyes to check me out. Vedette; plural noun: vedettes 1.historical: a mounted sentry positioned beyond an army's outposts to observe the movements of the enemy. 2.a leading star of stage, screen, or television. ...late 17th century: from French, literally ‘scout’, from an alteration of southern Italian veletta, perhaps based on Spanish velar ‘keep watch’. Oxford Languages

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