Spring seems to be bringing feathered love back to the front entrance of Fred Meyer.
If you are wondering what we are talking about, every spring a pair of ducks —a male and a female– make the store’s parking lot their hangout in the evenings.
They can often be seeing sitting near the front doors, waddling between carts and sidewalk displays, greeting customers. Last year they were spotted a few times sleeping in a spring plant display at the front of the store.
When we saw them Tuesday evening (photo below), they were walking away from the door because a couple dogs tied up there scared them off. But expect to see them sitting there as you make an evening run to the store.
Employees say the ducks have returned like clockwork every spring to the parking lot for the last few years. For some reason the pair seems to prefer relaxing among the many passing feet and cart wheels instead of on the shore of a quiet pond.
The Fred Meyer Ducks wander the parking lot. (LCL photo)
