Just wanted to share my experience from this morning with all of you animal lovers...
I work downtown and a mama duck made her nest outside our building in a large planter. We have a river that goes through downtown and our building isn't too far from the river. I've been feeding and watering mama duck for about a month while she nested on her eggs. Our building manager even put a sign out cautioning people that she was in there.
Last night when I left work I discovered that the eggs were beginning to hatch. Around 9:00 p.m. I came back downtown to check on them since I live just a couple miles away. I was so worried about them last night that I hardly slept at all. In order for her to get to the river she was going to have to cross four lanes of traffic and I was afraid she'd try it overnight and get hit.
When I came in this morning she and the ducklings were still there. Our receptionist went down to get our mail about a half hour after I arrived and she ran in to tell me that they were all gone. She said that she could hear them peeping but that she didn't know where they were. I rushed downstairs with one of my coworkers and we found them splashing around in a puddle in the parking lot.
From there, I guided her to the river. I STOPPED TRAFFIC for her and the babies and I actually walked them all the way to the water. She didn't want to go down the ramp on the east side of the river so I ended up walking her across the bridge and down to the water. I was amazed by how much she trusted me because she let me pick the babies up a few times when they couldn't get up the curb or down a steep area.
Thankfully, mama and here nine ducklings made it safe into the river. Needless to say, I ended up requesting a half personal day seeing that I got absolutely nothing done this morning. I just had to make sure they made it over okay! Here are some photos from our journey:
From last night, when they were a couple hours old:
Starting in the puddle:
I work downtown and a mama duck made her nest outside our building in a large planter. We have a river that goes through downtown and our building isn't too far from the river. I've been feeding and watering mama duck for about a month while she nested on her eggs. Our building manager even put a sign out cautioning people that she was in there.
Last night when I left work I discovered that the eggs were beginning to hatch. Around 9:00 p.m. I came back downtown to check on them since I live just a couple miles away. I was so worried about them last night that I hardly slept at all. In order for her to get to the river she was going to have to cross four lanes of traffic and I was afraid she'd try it overnight and get hit.
When I came in this morning she and the ducklings were still there. Our receptionist went down to get our mail about a half hour after I arrived and she ran in to tell me that they were all gone. She said that she could hear them peeping but that she didn't know where they were. I rushed downstairs with one of my coworkers and we found them splashing around in a puddle in the parking lot.
From there, I guided her to the river. I STOPPED TRAFFIC for her and the babies and I actually walked them all the way to the water. She didn't want to go down the ramp on the east side of the river so I ended up walking her across the bridge and down to the water. I was amazed by how much she trusted me because she let me pick the babies up a few times when they couldn't get up the curb or down a steep area.
Thankfully, mama and here nine ducklings made it safe into the river. Needless to say, I ended up requesting a half personal day seeing that I got absolutely nothing done this morning. I just had to make sure they made it over okay! Here are some photos from our journey:
From last night, when they were a couple hours old:
Starting in the puddle:
u are so sweet!
