It is now early June, the heat is really starting to set in and yard needs water every other day. So...sitting down on the dock has to wait until late afternoon. One of the enjoyable parts of our evenings on the dock is watching the ducks. Several of the ducks now have little ones, “ducklings”.
One of interest is a duck that showed last year, a white duck that we named “Aflac”. Now all of our ducks are your basic mallards so a white duck really sticks out! Well “Aflac” is now a mother, having paired up with a “regular” mallard, and has produced an unusual brood of ducklings...two yellow ones and two standard little brown ducklings.
Like the elusive Loc Ness monster, “Aflac” has been hard to photograph, as she stays down the cove from our house and I’ve only been able to get a glimpse of her as I pass in my boat. For now I will just have to show you a grainy photo of her scurrying away with her little brood. This amalgamation of ducks has caused a great controversy up and down the cove...”will the two yellow ducks eventually turn white (like their mother) or will they join their siblings as your standard mallard duck?” Stay tuned for the next episode of the “Darwin Ducks.”
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