Nesting mallard rules roost at Ohio supermarket

[Liberal_in_LA]

Nesting mallard rules roost at Ohio supermarket


A mother mallard sits on her eggs at the main entrance of the Giant Eagle

http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979266112

A female mallard duck is nesting atop bags of mulch just outside the main entrance of a Giant Eagle store in Medina in northeast Ohio.
A small sign advises shoppers to beware of the bird and to grab their mulch from another pile.

The Akron Beacon Journal reports the duck is sitting on at least 10 eggs in a nest assembled on top of an 8-foot stack of bags. Store officials think she laid the eggs a couple of weeks ago.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42770101/ns/us_news-weird_news/

[Appenzell Wars]

1. Aww cute... nt

[ScreamingMeemie]

2. That's adorable...and I hope everyone pays attention to that sign.

It might not be big enough for some.

[Very_Boring_Name]

9. You just know some asshole is going to ignore the sign

Seriously, people are so stupid.

[virgogal]

14. You've got that right. eom

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I'm glad the store is being proactive about this...

Good luck to the mallard!

[shraby]

4. I just hope they give the babies a way to get down from

the pile without having to dive bomb to the cement floor.

[xchrom]

5. good on ya Miss Mallard!

:applause:

[KurtNYC]

6. I love that she picked a market called "Giant Eagle"

how fitting.

Hopefully SHE is the first thing her babies see or some shopper is going home with some extra ducks.

[KamaAina]

7. I sure hope there isn't a Chinese restaurant next door...

:scared:

[Odin2005]

8. AWWWW!!!

[BrklynLiberal]

10. That is sooooooo cool.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. I hope it's not a long waddle to the pond/creek/lake.

[geckosfeet]

12. Not sure what this says about sanitation levels in the store - if mama duck

felt like her babies would have enough food when they hatch. Pretty sure that ducklings start eating insects on their own pretty quickly.

That aside, it is kind of cute.

[Ikonoklast]

15. Giant Eagle follows HACCP protocols.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazard_Analysis_and_Critical_Control_Points

They rigorously monitor store cleanliness and food safety.

Violate those protocols and it will get you terminated.


I'm fairly certain this was given the OK at the very highest corporate level.

[IDemo]

13. We have a nesting pair of mallards right outside the front door.

They've grown accustomed to our (relatively) quiet battery-powered mower and the twice daily trips to get the morning paper and the mail. If I get pics I'll post them.