It's been a weird week. I was motoring down Pushaw Lake in Old Town last Thursday, enjoying the unseasonably warm weather and fall foliage, when I spotted a long line of dark ducks a half mile away.

It's been a weird week. I was motoring down Pushaw Lake in Old Town last Thursday, enjoying the unseasonably warm weather and fall foliage, when I spotted a long line of dark ducks a half mile away.