The parasite grows in the snails that live at the bottom of the pool.

Big news out of the Capitol on Friday, where ducklings have successfully mastered the ramp installed earlier this week at the Reflecting Pool.

See, not everything is terrible!

All of the birds were recovered and waddled away with their mom.

“In this city, where people are very serious, it’s important to do things that are absurd.”

With sequestration about to hit tomorrow, maybe everyone in D.C. just needs a feel-good story help them focus on the greater good. Cue ducks being helped across a D.C. street.

The world became a cuter place for a minute as a family of ducks crossed K Street this afternoon—in the crosswalk.

A pair of Secret Service agents yesterday helped an adorable family of ducks through the fence surrounding the White House.

Thanks to frequent Flickr contributor philliefan99 for dropping this heart-tugging video into our pool. These ducklings look they are just too little to hop over those big fountain steps in Pershing Park. All of them except for one, anyway. Spring in D.C. really brings an abundance of cute. We’re keeping our fingers crossed for these little guys!…

Photo by andertho An AP story is making the rounds of the broadcast outlets (WTOP has some of its own reporting as well) about how D.C. firefighters rescued a bunch of baby ducklings from a storm drain near 16th and U Streets NW early this morning. Neighbors called the fire department after the mama duck alerted them to her babies’ predicament with her incessant honking. From WTOP: “Three firefighters from Engine Company No. 9,…