Fort Worth Flock Of Fosdick Baby Ducks & Their Car Baby Seat

You are looking at a little flock of Fosdic Lake baby Fosducks and their Baby Duck Mama, today around noon at Oakland Lake Park.

The Baby Duck Mama and her brood seemed to have exited the Baby Seat you see in the foreground, to head to the lake for lunch.

Why would someone leave a Baby Car Seat sitting next to a lake? Why would you haul the car seat all the way from your vehicle and leave it sitting on the ground in this location?

There were not very many birds on Fosdic Lake today. Have a lot of them flown north for the summer?

This morning I learned that the Texas Department of State Health Services has determined that eating fish caught in the Trinity River in 8 Texas counties, including Dallas and Tarrant, could lead to health issues, due to the river being so contaminated with chemicals, like dioxins and PCBs.

But, there is no health risk to swimmers, the state warning advisory said.

Huh?

Who in their right mind would go swimming in the Trinity River? It is usually a very muddy river. There are snakes and turtles who call that river home. And giant garfish.

I saw a guy swimming in the Trinity River once as I crossed the river on the Randol Mill Road bridge east of Beach Street. I was so astounded I stopped on the bridge to stare. And confirm it really was a guy swimming. He had on a wetsuit. Not that that made it seem any more doable.

The state also advises against eating fish caught in Fosdic Lake. I don't know if the Fosdic ducks are safe to eat. As you can see the Baby Fosducks were leading their mom on a food hunting expedition, occasionally finding something tasty to eat. Likely laced with dioxins and PCBs.

I thought dioxins and PCBs were banned a long time ago.