Apparently on the chart of what a duckling must learn before being loosed on the world is how to fish by diving. It was hilarious to watch whatever parent duck it was, chasing after them one morning this week and forcing the now much bigger ‘babies’ to dive. At times they were paddling as fast as their webbed feet would take them, but parent of course was stronger and appeared to nip them on the tush. There was a fair amount of squawking what in some houses would have been termed ‘back talk’. It was a sight to behold. Did they learn? Guess we’ll find out when they are cut loose.