Several months ago I took some pictures of ducks at the beach and I wanted to share them. There were mussels all over the beach and the smell was honestly putrid. But when there is nature or animals involved, I become so much less prissy. I got right down there at the shore with the smelly mussels. Seagulls and ducks were picking at them to eat.

I ended up getting some of the ducks to get a little close to me, which made me way too excited. (It made me think I had secret animal-whisperer powers. Duck whisperer?)

With the last two duck pictures you’ll see the one female duck that came closest to me. She had a pretty blue feather, too!