Saturday, March 8, 2014

March 8


Ok, go ahead, call me a dork,but this made my day:)
So happy to see that these mating wood ducks are nesting in our nest box again this year.
And even happier to get this picture of both of them together like this.
Last year, the male waited for the female close by in the slough but this year,
the daddy sits on top of the box while the mama goes in and lays her egg.
She seemed a bit confused with this because when she was finished in the box,
she peeked out and looked around for a long time for her mate in the water,
then finally left the box and swam away without him.
He sat for a bit, waited, then started calling her, but she left.
Then he flew off and landed by her, and together they swam away.

4 comments:

  1. You are NOT a dork!! This is such a cool picture and a neat little story to go with it. All too often, people do not take notice of the small things and just carry on with their busy life... way to go for not only capturing the moment, but for taking the time to share it with us as well! -Krista

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  2. Hey, Marian, Totally cool! I'm also a bit jealous as we put up a box, but there's no ducks liking it. How high is your box. We followed specs online, but I'm wondering if it is WAY too high.. - SK

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    1. Shirley, our box is about 8-10 feet over the water, depending how high the water is from crazy amounts of rainfall lately. But from what I read online they will used boxes that are MUCH higher off the water. Have you seen wood ducks around your place at all? Hope you get some residents soon:) It is so much fun to watch for them each day:)

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  3. Not a dork at all - COOL picture and fun to have those spring visitors /residents :)

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