My daughter lives in an apt. complex that has a pond w/ ducks. This is their first summer there & her children are enjoying watching the activity of the duck families. The males are extremely protective of their lady duck and their babies. If you get within 10 ft. of them the male will chase you down & peck you.My granddaughter (she's ten) found an egg w/ no mom around so she took it home for a few days and kept it warm in a slipper. Then she spots a mom setting on a nest w/ four eggs in it. She slowly walks up to the mom and shows her the egg, she raises up,and allows her to place the egg in the nest. A few weeks later four eggs hatch, but not the fifth. We thought it probably died, but a week later that last egg hatched and now mom has five. My GD was so delighted. They were driving in to the complex & the whole duck family was standing on the side waiting to cross.My D stops her car to allow them to cross but they won't cross. One of the babies decides to cross, so the father reaches out and grabbed him & pulled him back,then he jabs him in the side about four times while making squacking sounds at the baby, as if he were scolding him.The baby was also squaking as if it hurt. My D & GD burst out laughing.the the GD says " He got in trouble!" |