Showing posts with label duck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label duck. Show all posts

Monday, May 13, 2013

Happy Mother's Day to Sweet Mama Brown!

The eggs hatched!  The eggs hatched!
Saturday, we noticed an empty egg shell near the duck nest, but Sweet Mama Brown was still on the nest...
Well, sure enough, Sunday (Mother's day appropriately) we saw more shells and ALL OF THE BABIES!
I  counted 11 at one point, but it was so great to be able to see the new family.





Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Sweet Mama Brown

A few days ago, we found a duck in the backyard!
Greg saw her, then Piper and I went to see her.  When we were out there, she walked away and hopped the fence.  Just then, 2 male ducks flew off the roof and joined her on the outside of the fence.  We looked around and found a nest buried on the east side of the house, in the garden.  There were ~10-12 eggs in it just waiting to be warmed.  We were worried we'd scared her off, but she's come back!
 
Piper said "Don't worry Mommy, the baby ducks are in the Easter eggs.  They're still growing."

We learned ducks will often go back to the same spots year after year.  Maybe we'll see Sweet Mama Brown again!