Staying in tight formation

Betsy Bloom/Daily News photo
A mallard hen leads her tightly bunched brood out onto Six Mile Lake in Dickinson County. These six well-grown ducklings already have started trading down for feathers.
Betsy Bloom/Daily News photo
A mallard hen leads her tightly bunched brood out onto Six Mile Lake in Dickinson County. These six well-grown ducklings already have started trading down for feathers.