Imagine our surprise on returning home yesterday to find 4 fluffy little ducklings paddling in the swimming pool. We spent several hours watching them and feedling them bread crumbs. They were too little to get out of the pool but could cross over the ledge between the pool and the spa. They weren't too happy to have company and swam away from us at top speed. I don't know who scared them more the big two-legged creatures or the cat prowling the perimeter of the pool.
With no mama duck in sight, we worried that they wouldn't survive the night so after much strategic planning Meg and I guided them into the skimmer net weilded by Nathan and deposited them in a warm grass covered basket to spend the night, safe from the cold and the cats.
This morning we called the SPCA who took possession of three little ones. One of them didn't make it, but the rest seemed healthy and lively. They will be going to a wildlife rehabilitation refuge and then released into the wild when they are big enough to fend for themselves. The experience was "just ducky", but now the pool is again safe for little swimmers of the human persuasion.
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They were in fact lively on the way to the spca. After about 10 minutes in the car they started to make a little bit of noise but it was really quiet. Then they just got louder and louder! Not a quacking sound more of a cheep cheep sound. They got loud enough at one point to make Jonathan laugh a little! And just as we took them inside the spca they decided to jump in the little water bowl together! They were cute little things too. They even took one out and held it so Nathan could pet it. He was nervous at first but he got over it. I think he just didn't want to hurt the little thing! So now you've have frogs and ducks in your pool, Mom! What's next I wonder. :o)
Mom I'm so proud of you for starting a blog!!! Those duckies were so cute! Good job rescuing them! Love you!
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