Seagull Snatches Duckling

Daughter attempts rescue

Photo by Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash

I heard Carmel’s sad voice on the phone
from Polliwog Park in Manhattan Beach.

“Something horrible just happened.”

“What?”

“A seagull swooped down and grabbed a duckling.
It tossed it around.
The mother duck flew to attack it —
to get her baby back but she was slower than…