TODAY’S LOCAL NATURE BRIEFING
Slender dabbling ducks with long pointed tails feed on shallow ponds and mudflats. Males show a white stripe on chocolate-brown heads.
Dark cobweb spiders lurk in sheds, garages, and shaded garden corners, not in orb webs.
Slender wild dogs travel meadows, parks, and trail edges at dawn and dusk, hunting alone or in pairs.