New Home for the Ducks

The last time I visited the BYU duck pond,
there seemed to be a mess of construction further up the hill,
and the other day I found out what they had been doing there.
BYU now has a river walk,
nicely sculpted and landscaped and with little 'waterfalls',
dotted with picnic areas and brightened with flowers.
The pond is still down on 800 N
(though I didn't get a really close look at its current state)
but some of the ducks seem to have moved up
to the new 'river' winding around the hill.
These adolescent ducks appear to enjoy their new home.

Feeding the Ducks

Emily & I took her kids on an outing yesterday.
(She had the day off for family business in the morning).
We went to the duck pond on campus to feed the ducks.
As soon as we stepped out of the car
and produced a box of stale crackers,
the ducks practically mobbed us.
Sophie was a bit nervous at first,
and tended to throw the crackers and then hide behind her mom:

She felt a little more at ease throwing crackers
to the ducks still in the pond,
but it was hard to get pictures of her face.
(She moves too fast).

We had a great time.
There were white ducks,
mallards,
ducklings,
even turtles.
All were very tame,
and Emily even got some of the ducks to eat straight out of her hand.