(For narrative continuity, re-running ‘part 1’ of the comic:)
Thankfully, with unsettled weather in Erie County, PA over the weekend and into the week (wind, rain), the smoky conditions from last week have dissipated. But here’s continuing coverage from South Pier last Friday, under smoky skies, featuring a different female Mallard and two older ducklings, all enjoying a clump of floating vegetation in the entrance channel to Presque Isle Bay:
