More Pictures from Outfest Festival—Los Angeles 2008

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The Downtown Spokane Duck Hero

I was just forwarded this story about something really amazing that happened in Downtown Spokane a few days ago, and I’d like to share it with my f-list.

This woman’s brother is a loan officer at Sterling Bank in Spokane, WA. He works downtown in a second story office building, overlooking a busy avenue. One day, he watched a mother duck choose the cement awning outside his window as the uncanny place to build a nest above the sidewalk.  The mallard laid 10 eggs in a nest in the corner of the planter that is perched over 10 feet in the air. She dutifully kept the eggs warm for weeks, and one Monday afternoon all of her 10 ducklings hatched. Once the ducklings hatch, within 48 hours, they are to be taken to water to learn to swim. The loan officer worried all night on how the mamma duck was going to get those babies safely off their perch in a busy, downtown, urban environment to take them to water.

( This is the story of how this man single-handedly saved these ducklings from sure death. It’s a great read with lots of illustrating pictures. I have not changed anything in the narrative. It is exactly as it was when I received it via e-mail from a friend. )