I know this site is for kitties, but I wanted you all to see the duck I have been feeding since last summer and her five baby ducklings. Mommy duck has had a hard time -- she had six babies last June 6, 2004. A couple were eaten by a snapping turtle, and the rest were hit by passing cars down by the creek thus allowing her to only have one duck left; she lost her left foot over the winter due to an infection from a fishing wire being wrapped around it cutting off the circulation, thus causing it to fall off. She now has a stump for a leg and quite frankly gets along better since all the infection is out of her. Then after her ducklings hatched Saturday, June 4, a 4 1/2 foot black snake tried to attack her and the babies and wrapped itself around Mommy Duck's head. A couple of people heard her and managed to get the snake away from her neck and killed it. I feel like she is part of my family after all of the turmoil we have been through with her and wanted to share her "new family" with everyone! Enjoy!
Mommy and baby ducklings
Family of five
Two of the baby ducklings
Baby duckling eating bread
Mommy and baby ducklings
Family of five
Two of the baby ducklings
Baby duckling eating bread