Thousands of them. They re eating leftover rice at the bottom of the paddies. When they re done here they ll be taken to another set of fields to continue dining in style. To the ducks a rice paddy is an All You Can Eat buffet. Well, as long as you don t mind choosing between uncooked rice, uncooked rice, and uncooked rice.
Ducks have it good here.
At least until they stop eating the buffet and become one. Each morning the duck herders lead them single file along the narrow paths between the fields. The herders each carry a long bamboo pole with a couple of rags tied to the end. By waving them and giving commands the ducks do what they want. Let me tell you, these are some well trained ducks.