Summer Camp
He asks the oarsman.
"Yeah, they are mallards. A kind of wild duck," the man replies. He then begins talking about other water birds and fishes commonly seen on the river. Suddenly he stops paddling and I turn around to see him and Adonis both staring at the bank, Adonis's mouth an amused 'O'.
I look at where they were looking and soon notice a moose and her calf calmly watching us on the bank. They keep staring at us, lifting their heads from the marsh grasses and we watch them for some time before we start paddling again.