>lol, who actually thinks to follow around ducks and make a story out of it?<

Well, that would almost literally describe Robert McCloskey, author of the famed children's book "Make Way for Ducklings"...

Who has a bronze statue of the story dedicated to him in the Boston Common Garden...

http://nanosft.com/freedom/common/duck1.shtml
http://nanosft.com/freedom/common/duck2.shtml

"Check and mate", mate.

-Steve