Absurd Moment of the Day

Driving through Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, we commence to identify some local birds. The display pond yields one small duck. Approximately .2-miles down the road, we hear a persistent quack. My husband instinctively looks around the watery landscape searching for the source. I get a big giggle, then pull out my iPad to shut off my new medication alarm...one duck quacking.

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