Ducks in a Row

Having an office in the middle of downtown, right next to a college, you find a lot of strange things in and around the trash. This morning while taking out the trash I discovered this little display:

By lunch time they were gone. Poof! Vanished.

Luckily, Encyclopedia Brown is on the case. The security camera caught the elusive dumpster fairy in action.

And a picker has scored a treasure.

Mystery Solved.