Apparently, it’s wildlife week around Chebacco!

The past several days have included just about everything: some excitement we could have done without, a pretty incredible middle-of-the-night wildlife encounter, new visitors checking out some prime squirrel real estate, thousands of bees trying to beat the heat, and plenty of classic August moments around the lake.

Here’s what happened this week.

We had some unwanted excitement around 1:00 AM on Friday when an owl attacked one of our ducklings.

We had the windows open when some very loud quacking suddenly woke us up. I ran outside — in my underwear, naturally — with River and managed to scare the owl away.

We found the duckling behind the woodshed where the owl had dropped her.

She had lost quite a few feathers and had a few small injuries, so we brought her inside and kept her separated while she recovered.

Thankfully, she did great.

She’s eating, acting completely normal, and is now back together with Gilligan, Ginger, and Mary Ann.

All four have been sticking pretty close to the yard ever since.

Maybe they learned something from the experience?

Our trail camera caught something really special this week.

At 2:46 in the morning, the doe and her two fawns that have been spending time around Gregory Island came walking through the woods.

Before they even appeared clearly on camera, you could hear the two fawns calling for their mother.

Then the camera captured Mom nursing both of her little ones.

It’s one of those wildlife moments you usually never get to see — especially from just a few feet away.

And for this video, you'll definitely want the sound turned on.

I think it’s finally time to admit that Chebacco Cassidy has moved on.

He hasn’t returned to the squirrel box.

Apparently, though, word has gotten around that there’s some pretty good real estate available on Chebacco.

We've had a few prospective tenants checking the place out, including one adorable little baby squirrel who stopped by this week.

The little guy climbed inside, bustled around through the leaves and then appeared to spend about a minute trying to figure out exactly how to get back out.

No applications yet.

We'll keep you posted.

If you've never seen honeybees “bearding,” this week's video gives you a great look at it.

When temperatures climb, thousands of bees can gather outside their hive — sometimes covering much of the front of it.

It looks alarming if you've never seen it before, but it's completely normal behavior.

By moving outside, some of the bees reduce the heat and crowding inside the hive while other workers help ventilate the colony.

Basically, even the bees are sitting on the front porch trying to cool off.

After watching them grow all summer, the sunflowers are finally in full bloom — and they were absolutely worth the wait.

Between the flowers, bubbles floating through the yard, and the ducklings wandering around underneath them, I managed to catch one of those little summer moments that makes you stop whatever you're doing and just watch.

August around Chebacco doesn't get much better than this.