True to my avatar, I hit a mallard duck yesterday. The ped duck ran right in front of me when I was going at full speed. She was heading off the MUP when a car scared her and she did a sudden u-turn right into my path. Don't think she was hurt, as I only grazed her feathers, but it was extremely close to full impact. The nearby male duck may have distracted her. Then, a few minutes later I had to veer into the grass to avoid hitting a Canada goose crossing the same MUP at a very leisurely pace.

I miss winter already. No crazy oncoming bike commuter passes. No 3-wide groups of peds. No kids wandering aimlessly on the MUPs. Not as many iPod zombies.