A blog created by Donna Matrazzo, science and history writer living and working in a floating home on the Multnomah Channel on Sauvie Island outside Portland, Oregon, USA. Posts include wildlife encounters and descriptions, kayaking, other boating, moorage life, history, Sauvie Island Conservancy, the river, and the crazy, quirky and unexpected experiences of living on the water. I'm the author of "Wild Things: Adventures of a Grassroots Environmentalist," an Oregon Book Award finalist.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
We've got our ducks in a row
It's funny how something different will catch your eye. One morning I was strolling along the walkway and noticed something odd about a log along shore. I squinted and realized there were eight young mallards asleep, like so many burls on a tree trunk. On a nearby log was a solitary mallard, I presumed the mom, watching over them.
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