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We had a couple of mallards that visited us and decided to make their nest under one of our bushes. Mallards are beautiful ducks, as a matter of fact, they have always been my favourite especially the male. So for quite a few weeks, we had the opportunity to admire these beautiful birds that would go for a swim, ignoring us totally, they were at home and after their bath, the female would head back in the nest while the male would take off. One morning, I looked at the pool and to my surprise, the mother was there with eleven little ones, I’m telling you, it was breathtaking, imagine in your own pool. This spectacle must have lasted at least 3 hours, she wanted them to get out of the pool but she wouldn’t help. She would get out of the pool, walk away a few steps and looking back at them hoping that they would follow. She kept repeating that over and over. Sure enough they would try but it was not so easy. To help them, first we raised the level of the water, then we had to put blocks in the stairs to finally get them out. One thing that we learned is that once they are out of the nest they just don’t go back, to our disappointment, we thought we could enjoy them for a little more time than that but at least we had the chance to see it.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Imagine.....in your backyard
posted by lou541blue
We had a couple of mallards that visited us and decided to make their nest under one of our bushes. Mallards are beautiful ducks, as a matter of fact, they have always been my favourite especially the male. So for quite a few weeks, we had the opportunity to admire these beautiful birds that would go for a swim, ignoring us totally, they were at home and after their bath, the female would head back in the nest while the male would take off. One morning, I looked at the pool and to my surprise, the mother was there with eleven little ones, I’m telling you, it was breathtaking, imagine in your own pool. This spectacle must have lasted at least 3 hours, she wanted them to get out of the pool but she wouldn’t help. She would get out of the pool, walk away a few steps and looking back at them hoping that they would follow. She kept repeating that over and over. Sure enough they would try but it was not so easy. To help them, first we raised the level of the water, then we had to put blocks in the stairs to finally get them out. One thing that we learned is that once they are out of the nest they just don’t go back, to our disappointment, we thought we could enjoy them for a little more time than that but at least we had the chance to see it.