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You are here: Home / Blog / Quick duckling progress story!!! First ducklings of the Spring!

Quick duckling progress story!!! First ducklings of the Spring!

May 25, 2013 By //  by Penelope Bianchi 24 Comments

 

 This picture is right after they hatched!!

 

 

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April 13,2013

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 And this is today!!

May 25,2013

All 11 ducklings have survived;  in 10 more days they will be able to fly!!

They are a little hard to distinguish from their Mommy!

(she is in the back watching!)

  

 HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WEEKEND!!!

AND PLEASE ENJOY WILDLIFE AND THE OUTDOORS!

ALL THESE DUCKLINGS HAVE SURVIVED…….WHEN I WALK OUT THERE……HEY SWIM TOWARD ME.  I don’t ever “touch” them;

(it is very tempting)  However, I do not want them ever to be vulnerable  to people who do not want to “help them”;  and who want  “eat them”!

Lots of ducks do fly to our pond……..(they do fly to where they “hatch”!Last January……..65!

They are welcome!! I live in heaven……and I haven’t even died yet!!!

thank you for following me!  I am astonished!!!

 

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  1. Squeak

    May 25, 2013 at 2:24 pm

    I just returned from a walk to Beacon Hill Park here in Victoria, British Columbia, where I enjoyed all the ducks and their ducklings swimming in the park’s many ponds. Our ducklings are quite a bit further behind yours, though, and look more like the tiny fluff balls in your first picture!

    Reply
  2. Squeak

    May 25, 2013 at 2:24 pm

    I just returned from a walk to Beacon Hill Park here in Victoria, British Columbia, where I enjoyed all the ducks and their ducklings swimming in the park’s many ponds. Our ducklings are quite a bit further behind yours, though, and look more like the tiny fluff balls in your first picture!

    Reply
  3. Squeak

    May 25, 2013 at 2:24 pm

    I just returned from a walk to Beacon Hill Park here in Victoria, British Columbia, where I enjoyed all the ducks and their ducklings swimming in the park’s many ponds. Our ducklings are quite a bit further behind yours, though, and look more like the tiny fluff balls in your first picture!

    Reply
  4. Karena

    May 25, 2013 at 5:51 pm

    Penelope how darling, there are ducks in the ponds here in the neighborhood, mostly geese though.

    Please do join my latest giveaway and feature.
    Xoxo
    Karena
    Art by Karena

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  5. Karena

    May 25, 2013 at 5:51 pm

    Penelope how darling, there are ducks in the ponds here in the neighborhood, mostly geese though.

    Please do join my latest giveaway and feature.
    Xoxo
    Karena
    Art by Karena

    Reply
  6. Karena

    May 25, 2013 at 5:51 pm

    Penelope how darling, there are ducks in the ponds here in the neighborhood, mostly geese though.

    Please do join my latest giveaway and feature.
    Xoxo
    Karena
    Art by Karena

    Reply
  7. LA CONTESSA

    May 26, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    Beautiful…………..you are very lucky INDEED!
    Beautiful post on you over at PATINA FARM TOO!
    Did you find the Penelope rose?I must go get one or THREE!
    xoxo

    Reply
  8. LA CONTESSA

    May 26, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    Beautiful…………..you are very lucky INDEED!
    Beautiful post on you over at PATINA FARM TOO!
    Did you find the Penelope rose?I must go get one or THREE!
    xoxo

    Reply
  9. LA CONTESSA

    May 26, 2013 at 2:20 pm

    Beautiful…………..you are very lucky INDEED!
    Beautiful post on you over at PATINA FARM TOO!
    Did you find the Penelope rose?I must go get one or THREE!
    xoxo

    Reply
  10. Marsha @ Splenderosa

    May 26, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    My darling, I would have all of them named by now! I am such a silly goose over animals & wildlife of all kinds. Just beautiful that you have nurtured them in this way. This is what all of mankind is supposed to do. God Bless America and all our military & their families,
    and God Bless you & Adam!

    Reply
  11. Marsha @ Splenderosa

    May 26, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    My darling, I would have all of them named by now! I am such a silly goose over animals & wildlife of all kinds. Just beautiful that you have nurtured them in this way. This is what all of mankind is supposed to do. God Bless America and all our military & their families,
    and God Bless you & Adam!

    Reply
  12. Marsha @ Splenderosa

    May 26, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    My darling, I would have all of them named by now! I am such a silly goose over animals & wildlife of all kinds. Just beautiful that you have nurtured them in this way. This is what all of mankind is supposed to do. God Bless America and all our military & their families,
    and God Bless you & Adam!

    Reply
  13. Annabelle Ramsey

    May 26, 2013 at 9:00 pm

    I never thought that ducks grew so fast, with almost 2 months and they are almost the same size as their mom.

    Reply
    • Penelope Bianchi

      May 27, 2013 at 12:23 am

      Isn’t it completely astonishing!!??

      and they still cannot fly! when the feathers on the ends of their wings cross…..they can fly! Because of the houses floating (and tethered on the pond) the predators cannot get to them! I scare off the winged ones! (hawks and Great Blue herons)! The houses shelter them from the owls and night-time predators……raccoons, bobcats, coyotes, skunks, and various others.
      They hear me walking on the gravel…..and they scurry to the side. I have to stop myself from naming them!

      They are such beautiful birds. They all look the same…..for the first 6 months ! Camouflage done beautifully!
      and they do recognize my voice! (many generations!!) It is quite amazing!!

      Reply
  14. Annabelle Ramsey

    May 26, 2013 at 9:00 pm

    I never thought that ducks grew so fast, with almost 2 months and they are almost the same size as their mom.

    Reply
    • Penelope Bianchi

      May 27, 2013 at 12:23 am

      Isn’t it completely astonishing!!??

      and they still cannot fly! when the feathers on the ends of their wings cross…..they can fly! Because of the houses floating (and tethered on the pond) the predators cannot get to them! I scare off the winged ones! (hawks and Great Blue herons)! The houses shelter them from the owls and night-time predators……raccoons, bobcats, coyotes, skunks, and various others.
      They hear me walking on the gravel…..and they scurry to the side. I have to stop myself from naming them!

      They are such beautiful birds. They all look the same…..for the first 6 months ! Camouflage done beautifully!
      and they do recognize my voice! (many generations!!) It is quite amazing!!

      Reply
  15. Annabelle Ramsey

    May 26, 2013 at 9:00 pm

    I never thought that ducks grew so fast, with almost 2 months and they are almost the same size as their mom.

    Reply
    • Penelope Bianchi

      May 27, 2013 at 12:23 am

      Isn’t it completely astonishing!!??

      and they still cannot fly! when the feathers on the ends of their wings cross…..they can fly! Because of the houses floating (and tethered on the pond) the predators cannot get to them! I scare off the winged ones! (hawks and Great Blue herons)! The houses shelter them from the owls and night-time predators……raccoons, bobcats, coyotes, skunks, and various others.
      They hear me walking on the gravel…..and they scurry to the side. I have to stop myself from naming them!

      They are such beautiful birds. They all look the same…..for the first 6 months ! Camouflage done beautifully!
      and they do recognize my voice! (many generations!!) It is quite amazing!!

      Reply
  16. Heather

    May 27, 2013 at 1:18 am

    Thank you for this, Penelope. My goodness there is so much beauty in the world. I love that you appreciate it so.

    Reply
  17. Heather

    May 27, 2013 at 1:18 am

    Thank you for this, Penelope. My goodness there is so much beauty in the world. I love that you appreciate it so.

    Reply
  18. Heather

    May 27, 2013 at 1:18 am

    Thank you for this, Penelope. My goodness there is so much beauty in the world. I love that you appreciate it so.

    Reply
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