The Nest

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The nest, it turns out, was in the crook of this tree, twenty feet above the ground. I’m unsure if the ducklings fell to the ground, or if the mother carried them down in her beak, one at a time. She then lead them to our backyard pond, which she obviously must have known about. But when she left with her brood, one was left behind. She never came back.

The Evidence

I can see my shadow!