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• Jun. 6, 2008 - Wooland Ducks

We had an interesting experience the other day. The little girls were napping and I was folding laundry and putting away. I glanced out the bedroom window and saw this rather large eye peeking out of some tall grass at me from next door ( this property is not being lived on currently ). SO I got Tim's attention and we took my camera outside to see if we could get a better look at what appeared to be a young duck. When we approached we were amazed at not only a small adult woodland duck but 5 baby ducklings trailing behind her! She had already moved outside of the fencing to the front of the house but when she saw us she tried to divert out attention away form her babies by running across the street. The thing is her ducklings were not going to be away from her for long they really wanted their mama! Early Summer 2008 I managed to take one quick shot of three of the ducklings ( I had to kinda corner them ). We backed off  and they then decided to try to cross the street to their mama. Thankfully because we got out of the way she met them before they got out in the road. I wanted to DO something to protect them but didn't know what to do. How did they get there? The ducklings appeared to be too young to fly... There is a small river in our town but still all I can put together is the mama hatched those babies in the yard next door as it is quiet and we had ran for a few days in  a row! I let the fella that lives on the other side of the vacant property know they were nearby so he could watch out for them as his family has several dogs and cats. Which reminds me of the interesting thing that happened a week before this. We were gardening in our backyard an these dogs two doors over were out in their backyard... they are small breeds - lap dogs. Anyway one of them got hold of a little bird like a sparrow or chickadee BUT the reason I even noticed was because I heard a lot of birds over excited! What was interesting to me was that several different types of birds were 'yelling' at the dogs to leave this little bird alone! Robins and sparrows all trying to protect! The bird was injured too bad to save but I spoke with the children about what had happened and how that it was neat to notice this. Backyard in town nature provides a lot of interesting opportunities to learn! Looking forward to sharing the next adventure that presents itself!

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