Roadblock

While taking my walk yesterday, I saw this congregation of sleeping ducks directly in my path. They woke up and moved some while I tiptoed through them, but they didn't run away or jump into the adjacent creek like they normally do. The really interesting part of it was the three large drakes seemed to be in charge. The females clumped around them in a random sort of duck way, and I swear the drakes were telling them it was going to be okay. They were all quacking like mad, though. The extra photo shows them moving away from me. Once I was through, they all laid back down again on the path.