Friday, May 23, 2014

Another Wood Duck family is born


It has been a long while since I've updated you on the goings-on here in our little slice of paradise. Rest assured its not because there haven't been plenty of fabulous wildlife dramas playing out each and every day.  I'm pleased to announce that on May 8, 2014, another Wood Duck family made its way into the world.

Click here to see the video from inside the nest box, and here to see the video from the outside of the box.

Spoiler Alert:  This delightfully happy story has a bittersweet ending.  Unfortunately, one of the ducklings hatched almost a day later than the rest and was too weak to make it out of the box with his brethren.

Photo credit:  The photo isn't mine.  It's courtesy of www.hiltonpond.org.