It sounds like the start of a joke as a mother duck and her baby were trying to get served in a pub.
But it was reality in a Paisley boozer as the pair turned up on the doorstep.
Recruitment specialist Grant William snapped the bizarre scene in Old Sneddon Street.
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The Argyll Bar is below Gilmour Street Station - but quite a distance from the White Cart Water.
And there is certainly no other wildlife spots nearby, with hardly even a tree in that part of town.
The picture of the quackers encounter has sparked a wave of duck-related fun comments from Buddies.
Grant revealed he had trailed them from Paisley Sheriff Court, through a traffic junction and across the busy road.
He said there were actually four ducklings following their mother, a mallard.
Grant said: "It seems the pub are now serving ducks, possibly due to the dry spell.
"I just followed them from the court until the bar.
"I took the picture at the door, but I then had to run into town.
"After that I think they headed to the river as someone else saw them at the train station. There were four ducklings, but the other three were out of the pic."
Nobody was available for comment at The Argyll, which describes itself as a "wee friendly pub".
But duck is certainly not on the menu.
Some of the wise cracks included Peter Greenwood saying: "Get the cluck outta here".
Elaine Nicol said: "Never any customers that cute when I worked there."
Here's John Hannigan's view: "Nae mask . . . beak it".
Fraser Lochrie wanted to know whether The Argyll was serving them "crispy or seared".
And Derek Thom chipped in: "Quacking pint btw. I'll see myself out".
But possibly the winner came from Sandra Mullen, who said: "Two pints of Duckfast pweeese".
Can you do better with the gags?
