NPWC#614 Wannabe Lab

I had hiked into a remote area to shoot some water birds. Among the shots I most enjoyed getting that morning where some shots of a family of Mallard ducks. When I hiked back to the main road, I spied three people walking a black dog with something in his mouth. As they got closer, I realized that coincidentally, he was carrying is own toy Mallard duck. It was too cute and I asked if I could photograph him. He posed proudly with his toy and then he was on his way with his duck still securely in his mouth.

As an aside, I thought the dog was a Labrador Retriever, but it turned out that he was a very small Great Dane who was the runt of his litter.