Newly adopted Khaki Campbell Drake vanished without a trace!

[Smokey And Me]

Well, STILL no Fred. Searched the property more and still not even a feather in a 1/2 mile radius! Found 4 aluminum cans, 2 bottles, and 2 old garbage bag piles prob the handy work of a thieving bear tho. Also checked most of the other local ponds (No Ducks) as well as put the word out to watch the big lake nearby.

We kinda have another theory, and it is not very good....
The wife took this photo a few months ago. This guy came down and grabbed a bass out of our pond and ate it on the shore. Heard that they prey on ducks and would have had no problem flying off with a 5lb drake. The speed that it could have happened, could also be why the girls never really saw or digested what happened. Then could have flown for miles away. ???? Never in our years have we lost a duck to, or even had a problem with flying predators, let alone a freaking EAGLE! Tho, still cannot confirm.

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We have many eagles on our property, but they have never even considered touching our birds since we got geese. Geese are as close as it gets to a guarantee that flying predators will stay away. We were able to free-range our birds after dark without any predator attacks. Also, before we got geese, and a hawk got one of our birds, thare was a cloud of feathers. If there is no trace of feathers, blood, or anything else, I seriously doubt it was a predator, which is good news.