Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Saturday, April 3, 2004 Jerry Lehrer thoughtfully wrote: >Bill > >Thanks for the "idiot-friendly" link. Nice photo. > >Somehow I remember lots of ducks in the Venice canals. Are >they still around? Or has there been a lot of "caneton l'orange" >served lately? > Here at UC Davis we have a really nice arboretum that periodically gets overwhelmed with ducks. They nest all over and cause severe erosion along the steep banks. So the arboretum staff decided they would create an "adopt a duck" program...which lasted approximately one day. A pond portion of the Putah Creek watercourse opens near the University's admin building and the staff were treated to "people adopting ducks willy-nilly" as the local paper put it. Folks walking away with canvas bags of quakers. There WAS, however, a substantial decline in the duck population. Adam Bridge