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Hi Katharinad,
No, they are very small ducks and can't pick up any of the rocks or pebbles. they could probably try to pick up the baby moon gravel if they really wanted to, but they haven't so far.
I put netting because most people recommended that i do it to prevent them from injuring themselves if they started flying around. They haven't really flown up there so far so it's worked out pretty well.
The netting does help for shade, but the area is in shade about 75-80% of the time throughout the day in most spots. Although, I bought a rectangular tarp that i just put over it when it is going to rain or be over 90 degrees to help provide shade.
I need to update my thread with some new pics, because i bought some more stuff for them: a Hippo to perch on, a new even larger mushroom to perch on, a bit of monkey grass, and a little bird bath.
I don't know if they will use the mushroom or bird bath, because it will require them to fly up to get to them. I'll see how it goes. The mushroom stand weighs a lot. Probably more than 100lbs. I got cut up just transporting it into the aviary earlier. It's fairly smooth for the most part, but the bottom where i was holding it cut my arm when i was trying to lay it down gently. Chalk it up to gravity and 100 pounds of rock rubbing against the inside of my elbow.
I have more pics in my signature link, but for the aviary, i posted the best views. The pic i posted in here at the bottom of the set is actually out of date, because the pet carrier and giant water bowl are no longer in there. I have a small shed (which they don't use) and a large grass plant over there. That's the one i took of their first day home.
