Well! After the trauma of the drowned ducklings (good thing I never had to go to war) The same Mallard female trusted Winston's duck house from Georgia.......and laid 6 eggs in the back nest box! Another mallard mother trusted the newly fortified …
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Story of the Duck House!!!
WHEW!!! You haven't heard from me in a while. We had a duckling disaster!! Six baby ducklings hatched in our duck house. Last Spring we had nine at the end of March, four in July, and nine again in August, all of whom got as big as their …
Early Springtime in the garden 2012
These pictures were taken two weeks ago, around the middle of March! Many people think we don't have seasons in Santa Barbara; but I am going to show you that we do! You can see the wisteria; which not only looks beautiful, but smells sublime! It …
Duckling update!
"Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath." Michael Caine. I have not been very good about keeping duckling updates! But I have pictures to show their progress! They are 46 days old today! I have added …
Ducklings
Welcome baby ducks! This is the tenth year we have had mallards hatch in our pond. Hatched March 24th, they are now almost 1 month old. Ducks take a special liking to backyard pond: By Carolyn Bolton, News-Press Correspondent A Mallard gave birth …