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