Babies Hatched!

1 Day after Mothers Day, we had the pleasure of seeing our baby ducks emerge from their shells. We counted 10 of them, we don't know if all the eggs hatched yet. I hope I am able to get the picture of them when they all leave the nest, and Mommy leads them to the water.

Spring Fling!

Looks as if my Moms house is again going to be the place to witness a birth. We have a nest with 12 Mallard eggs in it as of yesterday.

Here are some fun facts about Mallards:

Mallard groups can often be seen head dipping or completely upending in the water. They rarely dive though, spending their time near the surface and dabbling for invertebrates, fish, amphibians, and a variety of plants. They also graze on land, feeding on grains and plants.Mated pairs migrate to and breed in the northern parts of their range and build nests on the ground or in a protected cavity. They normally lay about a dozen eggs, and the incubation period lasts just under a month. Mallards are territorial during much of this period, but once incubation is well underway, males abandon the nest and join a flock of other males.

I hope we get to see the little ones! I will keep you posted on their progress.

All of us are watchers – of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway – but few are observers. Everyone is looking, not many are seeing.- Peter M. Leschak