Anas platyrhynchos

After spending almost a week in Southern California, we went north to Seattle, WA to visit another daughter. The trip was timed to see the rhododendrons blooming, and we've not been disappointed. We took a walk this Friday in the Washington Park Arboretum, and found a Mallard swimming in a little pond. All the little birds could tell that the dog we were walking thought birds would make great chew toys, so although we heard other birds, they were at least 100 feet up in the tops of the trees.