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Sunday, 21 June 2015

Wood ducks have flown the coop

Mama duck did a good job. Only two eggs left. We think we counted 17 or so.
Data entry

They hatched yesterday, gone today! NOTHING on the trailcam! They are fast. Faster than 5 seconds...

Wood ducks #2 hatched from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
At great personal pain (deerflies and mosquitoes galore!) I found out that the wood ducks are gone. There were about 17 eggs, and two remain unhatched. With a 90-day survival rate of 30%, that's darn good.



Female Wood Duck from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
Female Wood Duck: can you count the eggs?
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5 comments:

  1. Yamini MacLean21 June 2015 at 14:32

    Hari OM
    Happy flying little birdies!!! YAM xx

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  2. Red21 June 2015 at 18:58

    I've seen videos of these guys leaving the nest. They don't waste any time. There's usually one that has many second thoughts.

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  3. Kay21 June 2015 at 23:42

    Wow! 17 eggs!!! That's amazing. I hope they're all out enjoying the spring weather.

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  4. William Kendall22 June 2015 at 16:26

    Quite a lot of eggs!

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  5. Powell River Books22 June 2015 at 21:59

    They sure leap a long ways down for being so fresh out of the shell. - Margy

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