Do ducks fly?

I really hope so. I was driving through the Riverwalk area on my way home today and I'm really concerned. You know Riverwalk if you live around here. It's very pretty, there's an actual fake river, picnic areas, fitness activity trails (which suck, huh Rusty?), a dog park, a stone monument (nickname witheld - contact me if you want to know), beautiful landscaping, etc. Well, there are ducks too. Herein lies my concern.

I was driving on Riverwalk Parkway and had just passed the Foster's Freeze turned Riverwalk Burgers turned Starbucks and was by the dog park and I looked down to my left and saw two beautiful white ducks. They were standing there on the median, still. Poor things, they looked scared or clueless. I'm not sure which, but they definitely looked stuck. And if you know the area, you know that cars drive very very fast through there, so if those ducks attempted to get back to their fake river on foot, they'd be gonners.

Why do animals in distress always cross my path? In just a span of 2 hours today, I saw 4 police giving out tickets. Where are they now? Who's going to stop traffic for these poor duckies? Well, I couldn't risk my life for these ducks. After all, I don't know them, even if Jonathan Livingston Seagull has a special place in my heart (and, yes, I know he's a seagull, but still.) And everyone knows I've done my share of animal welfare.

So I went over to the Riverwalk management office to advise them of the "situation" and a man there said that they'll be OK. He seemed so amused with my concern that I'm not sure if I believe him. Then I talked to my neighbors about it and they said they thought those ducks had their wings clipped. So I don't know. I'll cross my fingers and hope.