These Wood Duck ducklings are just a couple of days old and already feel very much at home in their pond. They are even making fast friends with their neighbors. Click on the image for a larger view.
Photo by Ted Thousand | ©2015
Wood Ducklings and Pond Sliders
31 Sunday May 2015
Posted in environment, Nature, wildlife
oh magosh, this photo makes me happy!!!! i’m counting birds with a friend this year but i’m only up to 50…i could use me a wood duck…now i know where to go – kay’s pond??
Hi Debbie, How are you? I hope all is well. Yes – Ted gets up about 4a.m. so he can be in his blind before the ducks wake up. The parents move the ducklings around pretty soon after they hatch, so it will be a bonus if they’re still there tomorrow.
Let me know how everything – and everyone – is doing!
Hi Darcy, I haven’t visited here in a while, so just came and looked at those ducklings again. That is such an adorable picture. Are they pretty much grown up now?
Hi Kathlin, Yes, I would suspect they are very different ducklings from those pictured. I will check with Ted, but my understanding is that the adults move the babies a couple of days after they hatch. Not sure why, but maybe the nest box and all the resulting debris would attract predators. So the fact that these guys were only on the pond for a day or two makes the photo that much more special!