Summer Ducks
At Ball’s Hill see five summer ducks, a brood now grown, feeding amid the pads
on the opposite side of the river, with a whitish ring, perhaps nearly around neck.
A rather shrill squeaking quack when they go off. It is remarkable how much more
game you will see if you are in the habit of sitting in the fields and woods. As you
pass along with a noise it hides itself, but presently comes forth again.
source: Henry David Thoreau, Journal, August 1855
image: Bing/ images/ summer ducks
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