Critters Invade Suburbia - Film At 11

Every now and then you hear about how wild animals show up in suburbia, due to mankind's encroachment on their turf. Usually it's a cutesy story about a deer being spotted in a neighborhood or something like that. Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the critters are doing more than just popping up in a back yard.

Case in point - dateline, Market Drayton, England. A local duck was found wandering about the main street in town. No word on if he was loopy on fermented corn. It didn't have ID and didn't offer any explanation as to why it was roaming the streets at that hour. Local law enforcement officials weren't sure what to do with it, so they locked it up at headquarters. Yes, that poor misplaced mallard became a jailbird. I hope he was given access to a proper barrister (that's a lawyer in Britain) even though he didn't have any money on him. Perhaps the Anaheim Mighty Ducks could (web) foot the bill. I'll keep you posted.

Wacky events like this aren't limited to merry olde England though. Dateline Muscatine, IA - a deer wandered into the local Wal-Mart, right past the greeter, and made his way to the produce department. That deer's no dummy. Why scrounge through the woods when there's a variety of goodies at Wal-Mart, just waiting for a smart deer? No word on if the deer stopped by the hunting department for some camouflage clothes. Boy, I would have loved to have been there that day. "Attention Wal-Mart shoppers, Bambi is in the produce department. Please refrain from adding a rifle to your cart. Deer season isn't for another six months."

Don't fret; we have strange ducks on this side of "the pond" too. Dateline Moline, IL - the local Lowe's home improvement store is once again hosting a mama duck and her nest in their garden department. Every spring a female builds a nest somewhere in a plant display and the staff posts signs warning customers not to buy those particular plants until after she and the babies leave. I'm serious! I've seen it myself. The other day I had to go buy grass seed so I took the kids to Lowe's. Right near the cash registers at the front of the garden department, partially hidden by assorted plants, was a mama duck snoozing on her nest. No, I didn't have my camera (I know, a mama without a camera. In some states I could be arrested).

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