Sunday, June 23, 2013

June 20, 2013 - A Duck Tale, Part I

Mallard pair

The hen

The drake

The surprise!

Duckling

Today was spent fishing on Lake Chelan.  We had reasonable success, in not completely reasonable weather.  While fishing in an area called "Memorial", we were followed by the mallard pair you see pictured above.  And yes, they really got that close.  They followed us fairly persistently, then left when we got ready to move to a different area.  But before we moved, much to our surprise, this little guy showed up!  He was all on his own - no adults anywhere!  And we all agreed he was much too young to be begging from boaters - or to be on his own at all.  Yet here he was, out in the middle of the lake, getting (and keeping) our attention. 
 
We hope he is well...he quite captured our hearts.

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