Where Do the Ducks Go in the Winter?

You might well ask yourself, “What’s the use of Italian foreign correspondents in the U.S.?” Well, just ask them the famous Holden Caulfield question of where the Central Park ducks go when all the lakes are frozen over, and if you’re lucky—hey, just kidding…he’s a very good foreign correspondent!—you’ll know the answers to both of these questions.

Sara Cedar Miller, the Conservancy’s historian and official photographer for Central Park:

I have no idea what Salinger was thinking. I’ve worked for the Park for 27 years, and I’ve always seen the ducks in winter.