While visiting my daugheter in Cols.Oh this weekend we noticed a pair of mallards waddling from house to house in her neighborhood. No time to dig out the camera but I would have titled it "Make up your mind Minny!" She was diligently hunting a place to nest and papa was patiently following. I read once where they nest a mile or so from their water source and then lead the ducklings to the water soon after hatching! From experience - before I read the previous - I "rescued" a lone hatchling running down a highway - brought it home and fixed it a nice home in a hamster cage - only to find it had broken its neck trying to jump out! I should have just walked over to the river the road ran beside and dropped it in!!
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