Today's Bird of the Day alt. theme is "Ducklings" I'm going with this proud mum and her brood on the River Erne last year. 🦆

Landscape-oriented, 4:3 photo. The edge of a river. The pebbles of the river bank, bottom left, can be seen continuing out into the river under the clear water. A female mallard is swimming in the deeper water on the right and between her and the shore there is a group of eight ducklings swimming in the shallows.