Community Corner

Sunday Family Swim

They took like ducks to water.

There wasn't anything ugly about these ducklings.

The cute, fuzzy brood of 11 ducklings under the watchful eye of their mother, and later their father, took, well, like ducks to water Sunday afternoon.

Apparently it wasn't wet enough for the birds despite the light drizzle in Bruce Park.

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Mother Duck was spotted encouraging her ducklings across the road behind the lawn bowling green. They plopped into the water and took off for a fast-paced swim across the pond into the main area of the pond near the softball fields.

No sooner did they cross into the main pond, Father Duck swam out and followed the paddling brigade whose faint baby quacks could be heard above the din of nearby Interstate 95 traffic.

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