Last night we got hit with quite a bit of marble sized hall and had a tornado a few miles away. I walked around the house this morning to check for issues and found this mature gadwall firmly planted into the mulch in the flowerbed.
I checked the security cameras and in between lightning strikes, the duck appeared in the flowerbed. It hit with such impact it blew out all the mulch down to the weed matting and feathers were stuck to some of the mulch. I'm guessing it was knocked out by hail and terminal velocity occurred. I'm just glad it didn't hit the house or gutter. I've never seen it rain cats and dogs, but I've seen it rain ducks!
I checked the security cameras and in between lightning strikes, the duck appeared in the flowerbed. It hit with such impact it blew out all the mulch down to the weed matting and feathers were stuck to some of the mulch. I'm guessing it was knocked out by hail and terminal velocity occurred. I'm just glad it didn't hit the house or gutter. I've never seen it rain cats and dogs, but I've seen it rain ducks!