The Ducklings Have Hatched!
Sunday, May 20, 2007 @ 7:45 PM
For those of you that saw our previous post, we have had a mama duck nesting on our porch this spring. For the past month she has been almost constantly sitting on her eggs, and we have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of her ducklings. And finally, yesterday our four little ducklings hatched! Since I was out of town for the day, Dennis went crazy with the camera taking all sorts of pictures of the little guys peeking out from under mama.
This morning, it was time to leave the nest. Mama jumped off the balcony and the ducklings one by one plopped down behind her. Well, except for one. I guess he was a bit scared and ran around on the balcony instead. By the time he finally jumped, the rest of them were not in sight so he started running the wrong way! With the help of a neighbor, we tracked him down and chased him towards his family. The final step was for him to run out across the open grass and he made it quite clear he was not going to do that. So I picked him up and took him over to where they were. (He was so soft and fuzzy I didn’t want to put him down!)
The family was reunited and we have been keeping an eye on them all day. They seem to be doing well so far, and we can’t wait to watch them grow up in our little pond :)
Posted By: Sarah Crissman 
