It all started one Easter over a decade ago. Married couple Robert and LaFaye McFerrin set out duck decoys—objects they often found while paddling Washington’s many waterways—in the front yard of their Wedgwood home. For the holiday, they added plastic Easter eggs to create a faux nest of sorts.
“Somebody broke those eggs apart and put little rubber ducks that made it look like they’ve hatched,” Robert recalls. “So ever since then, people have just been leaving ducks in the yard. We’re not really collecting them. We’re just receiving them.”
Robert estimates they’ve been gifted over 2,000 plastic fowl, ranging from Queen Elizabeth to Mozart, princesses
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