Photo of a pair of the plump, curly-feathered back ends of a pair of mallards as they dabble upside-down in the broad, green ripples of a lake inlet near a spare arc of fallen willow. The ducks' white breasts and underparts are facing us, their dark tail feathers like bright caps with upturned brims. They are almost like a species of strange, western dabbling penguins, bright orange elbow knobs dunking their vivid feet under the murky water.