Monumental Mallards

Guess the National Mall ducks are all on unpaid furlough this week, so lucky timing with these shots of beautiful Mallards a week ago Friday morning in Washington, D.C.

Lincoln Memorial w/ Reflecting Pool @ sunrise
Mallard (m)
Mallard (f)
Washington Monument + WWII Memorial (foreground)

These shots mostly at the one end of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool adjacent the WWII Memorial (above). More Mallards unless otherwise indicated:

European Starlings flying by Lincoln Memorial
WWII Memorial, Washington Monument, & US Capitol