Ducks are amazing at choosing awkward nest sites, safety from predators is their primary concern, and who can blame them. They have to lay and incubate their clutch undisturbed for 5 weeks. With that in mind, one of the ducks I helped rehab 3 years ago - a sister of Sari one of the light coloured ducks chose a very good nest site.
Unfortunately it was behind a wall which the hatched ducklings had no chance of scaling. I did provide a ramp the day before hatching, but for whatever reason she did not use it and I had no choice but to rescue the whole family of 8 ducklings. They are now safely in the coop, and will have the use of the Aviary for the next few weeks until it's safe to release them back to the river.
I am particularly pleased with this rescue, because this same duck had two broods last year - all of which were taken by crows....this time she will have something to crow about when she gets back to the river !
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