Jim and I were heading over the the new house to have a look at the cabinets. He glanced over and there was a Moma Mallard and her ducklings.
The mom has the Mallard markings but they are very, very pale in off whites and tans--like she is an albino duck. The father has all the bright Mallard colorings.
Yesterday as we came by, a truck was stopped in the middle of the road with no other traffic--then we saw the family---Mom, Dad and 11 little ducklings-- all waddling back across the road to the side of the lake.