Nicole Day Gray took this shot on Monday, Feb. 9 at the Freshtown grocery store in the Delaware County village of Margaretville, where a mob of hungry ducks congregate to await kindhearted shoppers who toss them crumbs. Sometimes, the ducks really outnumber the shoppers. Used with permission.
Update: Some readers have asked us point out that feeding ducks can harm those very ducks. The Department of Environmental Conservation has a thoughtful fact sheet that describes how artificial feeding causes disease, overcrowding and poor nutrition, and is linked to waterfowl die-offs.
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