Frank and I are trying to cultivate a healthier lifestyle and lose some weight. One of our new and very relaxing ways to do that is to go for a walk in the early evening. Last night, we were treated to a hilarious scenario. First, we got severely scolded by two Killdeers trying to protect their nest. The eggs had hatched and the chicks were so new that they still were wet. The problem is, the nest is in the middle of a small front lawn that is flanked by a sidewalk, so the number of people causing these birds stress is huge (they obviously haven't heard that location is everything!!!) :-)
We continued on and turned by the golf course that intersects our little town. I saw this strange sight. Coming toward us was a conga line of ducks. They were waddling as quickly as possible, came down to the street, stopped, then crossed the street on the crosswalk, still all in a line, and proceeded to continue their silly waddling off into the sunset.
We went a bit farther to the pond. It seemed a race was in progress and two ducklings reared up and came roaring down the waterway, neck in neck. We laughed out loud at them. They couldn't wait to get over to see if we had something for them. There were six ducklings (still downy) and they mobbed Frank, surrounding his feet (actually, it was cupboard love, since someone had spilled cracked corn where he was standing), but we like to think it was Frank--duck whisperer! :-)) We came home energized and filled with good humor due to the silly antics of God's creatures. Our favorite was watching the ducks lined up, giving new meaning to having your ducks all in a row!
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