There’s an abundance of new life around the university lake at the moment, including ducklings, dusky moorhen chicks, a dabchick chick or two and baby lizards. I was in at university today finishing off the introduction to my thesis (only the conclusion to go!). Karen went to see Somersault at the Schonell Theatre.
On our way back to the car, we found a little wood duckling which had been separated from its family. It was chirping and looking very lost.
While Karen kept an eye on the duckling, I wandered around for a bit trying to locate its family. I managed to find a family of wood ducks with ducklings that looked the same age as our lost duckling. We picked up the duckling and took it to its family. I was delighted when the parent ducks, upon hearing the chirping duckling in my hands, started running towards us. We hung around for a little while to make sure the duckling really was from the same family. It wasn’t long before all the little ducklings, including our little duckling, huddled under their mother. It’s quite amazing, but there are about seven little ducklings underneath the mother duck in the photo.
There are more new photos here.
