A lovely couple having a stroll in the park

Nothing brings me as much joy as meeting a lovely couple out for their morning constitutional!

Brownie and Greenie spend all their time together

In four years of observing these two "manky" mallards, or wild domestic ducks, I've never seen them apart. They swim together, eat together, chase the smaller wild mallards together, and sleep just a few feet apart, in the same position. The love between Brownie and Greenie is so powerful it draws onlookers who don't even know their backstory, who glimpse them for the first time as they walk through Toronto's High Park.

Greenie and Brownie, Inseparable Ducks

They are best friends and lovers, and yes, they are both male.

See my flickr set called "Ducky and Family" for thousands more photos of Greenie and Brownie together.