H.R. Waller
Date: 15 October, 2008
Time: 1742
Weather: sunny, crisp, cooler, 56 degrees
Location: The WU Crew boathouse
Today at the boathouse we began practice in the normal, routine way. But today was different for me because I was the coxswain, which is the person who sits at the front of the boat and directs which rowers to row and how hard and is also responsible for steering the boat. This meant that I had extra chances to look around me as we were cruising through the water while my rowers were doing their thing. I began to steer the boat a bit too close to the shore on my left side, and noticed a huge flock of ducks, probably consisting of about 30 individuals. I have seen a wide variety of birds on this river in the past few weeks, but never yet have I seen ducks. I watched as they paddled around occasionally bobbing down to search for some food. I wonder where this big group came from and why I have never seen them before. I am unsure if ducks fly south for the winter and if we are going to lose our campus ducks. That would be an interesting thing for me to look up. I enjoy when nature presents questions for me and little puzzles like this one to solve.
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