A female Wood duck flies off my pond to a favorite rock.on the edge of the quarry.
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A female Wood duck flies off my pond to a favorite rock.on the edge of the quarry.
Wood ducklings jump out of their nest box to join their mother in the pond, about 2 1/2 meters below. They hold out their wings, as if they are trying to fly.
A Wood duckling takes a flying leap out of its nest box, along with 14 others. They all hatched the morning before and are being called by their mother to jump out into the pond below.
A Wood duckling on its way from the nest box to the pond, 2 1/2 meters below, where the mother duck is calling to her brood to join her.
Wood ducklings take a flying leap into the pond, about 2 1/2 meters below, where their mother was calling for her ducklings to join her. There were 15 ducklings in all.
15 Wood ducklings hatched on Monday morning, May 19 and jumped out the following morning at 8:20 when their mother called them from the pond in my rock quarry, located 2 1/2 meters below. If you turn up the sound, you can hear her calling her brood, letting them know it is time to join her in the outside world.
I thought the last little guy wasn’t going to make it. You have to admire his spirit; that takes lots of heart, refusing to give up. My mother would have said that they didn't clean up their room before leaving home.
For the outside view, check the previous video.
15 Wood ducklings jumped out of the nest box at 8:20am on Tuesday, May 20th, 36 to 38 days after the mother duck began incubation. They left the pond within 5 minutes after jumping out and headed to the creek 1/4 mile down the road. Amazingly, the mother duck knew exactly where the opening was that I created under the fence and it makes me think it was the same mother duck that was here in the past, since she knew right where to go. Happy trails to our little duckling friends. I hope they return year after year and live happy Wood duck lives.
To see the nest cam view, showing the ducklings in the interior of the nest box, please see the next video.
Little Kanawha River, Parkersburg, West Virginia
Parkersburg, West Virginia
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A mother Wood duck is inside the nest box with her brood of 13 ducklings, just before they jump out of the box into my pond, about 4 meters below. The date is May 25, 2024, not the incorrect date shown on the video.
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A Highway and a railroad bridge spanning the Ohio and connecting Parkersburg with Belpre, Ohio.
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Parkersburg, West Virginia
