Natural History Wanderings

The New York Times reports

Ducks: A Point of Unity in a Capital of Ruffled Feathers –

In an otherwise divided capital, there’s one thing most people can agree on: The city’s ducks must be protected at all costs. This means using federal money to build ramps to help ducks step into the Capitol Reflecting Pool, calling for police aid to remove ducklings from the Library of Congress roof, and, as of this coming Tuesday, draining the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to remove parasites that live in snails and have killed dozens of ducks.

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