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| This could be my nesting pair |
I've been watching my Wood duck nesting box. Regular readers will know.
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| This duckling was left behind in 2013 |
They hatch, and then 24 hours later they leap from the 6' nest onto the ground. I predicted that they would hatch on or after June 20th. This turned out to be right! The last day I saw her with her mate, then he didn't appear again, was 27 days later.
My next job is to open up the box, clean it out, and put in more shavings! Those mosquitoes are so bad, though!
Wood ducks from
Jennifer Jilks on
Vimeo.
They've hatched! It was a coincidence that I went down to the pond at 3 in the afternoon. I could hear frantic momma calling for them to get in line.
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| My Wood duck photo from Stanley Park |
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| My nesting box |
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2013 Momma kept going into the wetland.
I don't know what happened to it.
I left nature take its course. |
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This is the male.
Never got a photo of my female! |
10 comments:
Awesome post on the wood ducks. I love the photos and the video.. The ducklings are just adorable.. Thank you for linking up to my critter party.. Enjoy your weekend!
how lovely to see the baby wood ducks
Hari Om
All present and correct then!!! YAM xx
The little ducklings are adorable!
how wonderful! good luck, little ones!
They're birds with real character!
That's so cool. I didn't realise they nested that high!
Like magic!
Cute collection of photos. :)
Oh the babies are adorable and what an expert you have become on their behavior.
Jenn, I have been reading your posts even if I can't comment often while we're traveling. Sporadic internet connections, so I just catch up when I can (in the evenings until I fall asleep ;>)...traveling is sometimes tiring for an old great-grandma!)
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