The Mallards stay year-round at Ferrari Pond, surrounded by the ever-expanding duckweed; ducks in duckweed, if you will. The water is barely visible as the duckweed blankets the top of the water and the ducks’ feathers and bills. It was just after sunrise when I arrived at Ferrari Pond yesterday morning. After the intense heat of the day before (104° at 5 PM) there wasn’t much activity at the pond. The ubiquitous Great Egrets, Great Blue Herons, and Green Herons had made themselves scarce. The mallards were the only photo ops for me yesterday.