Nature Scenes with Lynn Bowen: Ten reasons why it's fun to be a duck

BEACON PHOTO/LYNN BOWEN
Here's a male Muscovy duck at Earl Brown Park in DeLand this past September. These red-warty-faced, stocky ducks are 28 inches long, and have a 48-inch wingspan. Females weigh about 3 pounds, and males are about 7 pounds. Each Muscovy duck has different feather patterns — usually black and white, with a few decorative colors. Originally from South America, these birds traveled north to Central America, Mexico and now the United States. Muscovy ducks used to be called Musco ducks since they ate so many mosquitoes.

By Lynn Bowen
BEACON STAFF WRITER

posted Nov 16, 2009 - 1:16:18pm

10. A duck doesn't need a flu shot.

9. A duck doesn't have money problems.

8. A duck doesn't have house payments.

7. A duck doesn't have to worry about what clothing is in style.

6. A duck doesn't have dental problems.

5. Transportation is free — waddle, swim or fly.

4. Food is easy to find: Bugs, grass and other vegetation are plentiful.

3. Birds of a feather flock together — so ducks have lots of friends.

2. A duck can swim every day.

1. As a treat, people feed ducks bread and quackers.

— Bowen lives in DeLand. Send e-mail to abowen27@cfl.rr.com.

— abowen27@cfl.rr.com

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