duck love

24 febuary. 2008

there is a small 'fish pond' just outside my office window where the college stocks expensive coy fish and a particular egret occasionally tries to dine. today is gray and not warm- a typical day. except today there are ducks humping in the pond. three mallards and a lady. two had to watch. after the courtship and exchange, the female angrily chased the others around. then the Lothario and the lady both washed themselfs by dipping [bobbing, really] up and down in the pond and shivering, preening, and finally getting out of the pond. the way an old man gets out of a bathtub.