Out in Spokane, WA, there's a duck imitating art... the story
Make Way for Ducklings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Way_for_Ducklings) (1941) has turned into an annual event, due to a mama duck nesting on a concrete ledge 10 ft. over the sidewalk of a bank entrance.
2008 (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92709209)
2009 (http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=76199842009)
The Sterling web site (http://www.sterlingsavingsbank.com/landing_pages/duck/index.html).
It looks like she's back again this year (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sterling-Savings-Bank-Mama-Duck/90524037128?v=wall&ref=mf)...