Monday, December 21, 2009

a random post about ducks


My sister and her family are in town right now, staying with her in-laws for Christmas. We love having them around but we also enjoy the opportunity to visit the Bowens at their home in North Bend. The other day we over there and saw that the lake was frozen over. We went out to investigate and found a pack of ducks having a great time slipping and sliding all over the place; it was like they were having a little duckie Christmas skating party.
The best was watching the ducks flying in the sky try and land on the slippery ice. Some of them were a little awkward, flopping onto the ice and eventually skidding to a stop. Others with more skill landed gracefully, touching down and sliding a few feet similar to an airplane when it lands.

(duck below caught mid land)
I never realized how orange ducks' feet are. I guess because they're usually below the water.

And that was my random post about ducks. I hope it brought you some holiday cheer. Somehow.

5 comments:

Molly said...

clan of the duck!

Emily said...

how cute! I love ducks. :)

Brooke and Matt: said...

I love this! Cute little ducks!Makes me smile :)

Colette said...

Ooh, this definitely brought the holiday cheer. I love this post and I LOVE ducks!!

nathan said...

Man, those ducks are 4 real! Nice pics. I might have to create a duck post myself.