Okay, they're not really black. They look a lot like Gadwalls, but they're called American Black Ducks. We get a few on the river at migration time, but they generally don't stay. This year, though, Urban Naturalist has been telling me for weeks that he's seen a pair hanging around, keeping company with a couple of mallards. This morning I saw them myself.




Not my proudest moment photographically, but there they are. Wonder if they're planning to spend the winter. Leading to another question: do ducks plan?

While I'm here, can't give you yesterday's fog on the river, but today's isn't bad.




And for a bonus, here's your sidewalk Mondrian.