Feeding ducks bread can even prevent them from flying. A high-carb, high-protein diet of mostly bread can cause a wing deformity known as “angel wing” or “airplane wing” that causes the end feathers to stick out sideways instead flat against the body, so that it can’t fly.

Still, humans love feeding ducks. It brings us joy to be able to connect and interact with wildlife in such a way.

Luckily, the Canal and River Trust says we can still feed the ducks, in moderation, with healthier foods that are closer to their natural diet.

The charity even conducted a taste test to see which healthy foods ducks like best. Here’s the list:

1. Frozen peas and pea shoots (don’t cook the peas, but let them thaw)

2. Sweet corn (canned, frozen or fresh)

3. Lettuce or cabbage (kale is their favorite!)

4. Oats (rolled, steel-cut, or instant, they’ll love this treat in moderation)

5. Seeds (bird seed or seeds from the health food market)

6. Rice (cooked or uncooked, in moderation)

To our rescue comes this exquisitely filmed and choreographed “Waltz of the Snowflakes” by San Francisco-based Post:Ballet and members of the Berkeley Ballet Theater. Yes, that is an airport tarmac at the shuttered Naval Air Station Alameda, and the dancers are clearly wearing sneakers rather than ballet shoes.

U.S. abortion rates are declining nationwide, and the legislative stampede to get a precedent-overturning case to the Supreme Court isn't a contributing factor, according to a new study released Wednesday by the Guttmacher Institute. The number of abortions nationwide declined 19 percent from 2011-2017.

Though 32 state legislatures passed 394 new restrictions on abortion from 2011-2017, abortion rates also fell in states with less restrictive laws, the reproductive health and rights research group said in its report. Instead, the biggest reason for the decline is that women aren't becoming pregnant as often.

If abortion restrictions had been the force behind the abortion decline, birth rates would have increased, the Guttmacher Institute said. Instead, birth rates were down in every nearly every state.

While the flurry of anti-abortion legislation isn't driving down the procedures, restrictions on a medical choice that has been legal for U.S. women for 46 years can "still inflict serious harm," Elizabeth Nash, a senior policy manager at Guttmacher, said in an emailed statement.

"Underneath the national trend are the individual struggles and burdens that anti-abortion policymakers are creating for people within their states," Nash said. "We need policies that ensure patients can obtain and afford reproductive health care from contraception, to pregnancy to abortion."