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| Can you see the white one with his big orange beak! (Top row on the right). He's blinding in the sunlight! |
Last Easter a friend purchased two
ducklings and presented them to her great-niece. Amazingly, her niece handed them back to her
at the end of the day! So they ended up coming back home with her. And then, who knew, they ended up at our
lake!
(Gee, didn’t see that one coming!)
They were too funny – when placed
in the water they flapped their wings and feet and ran so fast they actually did walk on
water to get out of it! They spent the
first few days at their new home holed up under the rowboat! Seems they finally decided they were ducks
and I’d see them swimming around. One was
white, the other brown.
After a while I saw the white one
frequently, not the brown one. (Life in
the country . . . )
Now that it’s fall, I see the
white duck quite frequently swimming with the mallards that are passing
through. He (she?) doesn’t seem to
befriend the mergansers, though. Guess the
mallards think it’s the King (or Queen) of ducks, judging by how much larger he
(she?) is compared to them!
I’m hoping he (she?) makes it
through the winter, but I do not have very high expectations.
Thought you might enjoy the photo!
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