Ducks & Birds

So I'm still getting used to the different birds up here. And well, I guess I'm noticing them all over again now since they are back from their winter vacation. There are a few black birds and cardinals flying around that are really pretty. I've even seens some seagulls (still trying to figure out that one). But, I find it so wierd/neat that the majority of the birds you see flying by your window and up in the sky are ducks and geese! Definitely something new to get used to!

So today after work I went to Wal-Mart. And because someone was in my way when I was trying to back out of my spot, I had to kinda take the long way out of the parking lot. So as I'm rounding a corner on my detour, there is a little grassy median/curb thing in the middle of the parking lot. I see a couple of duck heads on the other side of it. So as I round the corner I see what they are doing...there was a dug out part in the grass that was filled with water from last night's rain storm. And well...there were two ducks swimming their little hearts out in this tiny puddle. I literally laughed in my car by myself b/c it was just that cute. Literally the puddle was probably 1 1/2 ft wide and maybe 3 ft long. And these two little ducks were swimming like they owned that body of water.

Really ducks? You're in the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" and you pick the grassy puddle in the middle of the Wal-Mart parking lot? :)