Ducks, pools and resilience

The series pilot for the "Sopranos" included a scene with a flock of ducks in a backyard pool and an anxiety attack. A blogger near Ottawa, Canada, Matteroffaith, writes about a pair of ducks that uses her backyard pool as a lounge on the flyway. Every spring for five years, the ducks have been there: "I can see the ad now…”Backyard Pool near the Nation’s Capital.  Lovely family will feed and admire you.  Have your picture taken and be written about in a blog post.” And in Appleton, Wisc., a newspaper column by Shipra Seefeldt centers on a couple of ducks that make their home in a backyard pool, sometimes long enough to hatch an inspiring story:
"The problem becomes the ducklings' lack of ability to get out of the pool — they have trouble jumping out or flying. Every year we witness varying attempts to get the ducklings out of the water, and I am amazed by the characteristics exhibited that can only be called "resilience." "

Where are the ducks in our neighborhood? Maybe we'll see some when we remove the pool cover.

Comments

[Sheri]

Hahaha, thanks much for quoting me. Didn't realize that my ducks had that much appeal.

A correction though, we're Canadian. The Nation's Capital in the article is actually Ottawa in Eastern Ontario.

[Sheri]

Thanks for making the change...if you're interested, see today's posts about the ducks.