Your place sounds so lovely.
However, I’ll bet the turtles were eating the ducks is why they flew away.
Oh, I Never Thought of that! I Hope they wern't Eating Baby Ducks. :( My Neighbor Told me the Turtles Eat a Lot of Minnows and Small Fish, but that the Fish Get Replenished Very Quickly. There's a Lot of Water still Standing in the Pastures, and there are a Million Small Frogs Everywhere; the Turtles Probably Eat those, if they can Catch them.