We loved our "Mama Duck"

Chad was in our planter area grabbing the hose one day and jumped as he noticed a mama duck had made her nest back in the corner. She stayed their for about 5-6 weeks leaving once per day for food. We counted about 15 eggs at one point but didn't want to touch them to be sure. Cali would go out on the front porch and say goodnight to the mama duck each night. Well, a couple of weeks ago, the eggs finally hatched. It was fun to see. The ducklings would come out for a minute then mama duck would make some noises and they would all pile right back under her and she would sit on them...protecting them. They waited until we all gave them some space then they waddled off unnoticed. We came back out after spending most of the day watching them and waiting to find an empty nest with lots of egg shells. It was a fun little experience for the kids and we have a few pictures...thanks to kim(my battery was dead)!

This first one is of Cali sitting on the rock watching and waiting for the ducklings to come out from under Mama duck to say hi!