Wednesday, 13 April 2016
LUCKY 13th
With very cold temperatures and snow forecast for the weekend, there is one very lucky duck and 11 ducklings safely in my care.
This morning I woke up to check the incubator and was delighted to see one of the ducklings hatched, and another 5 eggs already pipped. Later when doing my usual riverside round I was informed that there was a duck with a large brood at Merryton bridge. Sure enough it was one of the sisters of the duck that had her nest swamped last week, and she had a brood of 11 ducklings.
The north easterly wind was blowing up the river, it was so cold, brass monkeys came to mind !
Weather conditions and Crows would spell certain death for this brood. With the large net I managed to catch the mother and then the 11 ducklings, I was elated!
This now gives me the intriguing possibility of having this mother as a proxy for the eggs now hatching in the incubator.
Ironically they are connected, since both mothers are sisters ! Pics show the rescued brood and also the newly hatched one in the incubator.
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