Road ducks

Some days for my lunch break I grab the camera and head outside. I need the fresh air and a little distance from my computer monitor. These days it's dark by the time I get out to do chicken chores, so it's nice to see everyone before they go to roost.

I could only see our Mr. Duck and New Drake on the creek, so I went looking for the other 17 ducks. I looked in the chicken coop, in the southern part of the pasture, around the hog huts, all the usual places but no ducks. I gave up and headed down the driveway to retrieve the mail from the mailbox.



And what to my wondering eyes should appear but ducks on the side of the road. About 8 of them were hanging out alongside the road, right where the creek crosses under it (and where there used to be a bridge).

The rest of the missing ducks were down alongside the creek.


Sometimes I wonder what passersby must think of the goings-on out here.