Picture of the Day for May 25, 2024

Last year, the female wood duck kept her ducklings at my pond for several days before marching them off across the field, but this year they only stayed a day before the tribe left. I want a GPS tracker on her to see where she takes them instead of staying at my pond until they can fly in about 9 weeks. There is no big body of water very close to my pond so I don’t know where she takes them. They can scoot very fast across the water but not walking through tall grasses.  The estimate is only 30 to 40% survive predators during their first 90 days.

One Day of Swimming Only

One Day of Swimming Only