Duck ... duck ... duck ...

No geese, though. At least I don’t think so.

Oddly enough, my Birds of Illinois book, courtesy of Lone Pine Publishing, does not seem to have the common duck (does it even have a proper name?) listed in its waterfowl section. Very strange, and, to me, a glaring omission. Otherwise, this lil’ handbook has already come in quite useful.

Anyway, these are from late afternoon today at the Mt. Vernon City Park. A couple of mallards (a male and a female, I believe), and then some regular run-o’-the-mill ducks.







Kinda makes ya wanna yell, “AFLAC!” — doesn’t it??!

: )