This duck is unamed. Notice how exotic he looks. Some say his crest looked like a small mowhak. He came with a mate. The mate looks like a penguin. This is her below:

As you can see, for once at last, they are NOT related. Usually I thought  or so was told, ducks stick to their own species for mating. So these two ducks: best mates. 

So these two mates have travelled to the Great Dipper and back. They came back completely transformed and in love. This is why they came back to earth and the river.

Here the laying of the eggs is remembered. 

The moral of this slideshow (photos by hubby BJG), is that Going into Space makes you hit the jackpot in love EACH TIME! Even if you must look like two weirdos!