BABY WOOD DUCKS

One day while I was out on the patio I heard a commotion coming from the pond. I honestly thought something had caught one of the ducks and was killing it. I soon found out it was just the "momma" wood duck calling the babys out. I was fortunate to get some pictures of them. Just look at him, those little nubby featherless wings can no more help him fly than my arms can make me fly. But he jumps anyway, hits the water like a cork. Then joins the rest of the clan that are just cruising around the pond waiting for the rest to come out. Sixteen babys would eventually emerge from the box.

I was really glad to have had the opportunity to get these pictures on film. I mean there are people that wait for weeks to catch pictures like this, and here I had done it right in my own back yard. Great! It took about a hour from the time I first heard the commotion start till all the baby's where out. Things kinda settled down and I had gone back to whatever it was I was doing.............

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