August 8th - Flying Duck

Thinking of a stroll down to the marsh pond, we noticed it was already occupied. So we moved quietly, or at least we thought it was quietly....alas, just taking a few steps sent this mallard hen nearly right into us. And it's not often we get to use a word like 'alas' and this will probably be the last.


Click the short-flash movie link on the right; it'll open in a separate small web-page and you can watch this almost happen.