UPDATE!!! We brought the ducklings back to the pond and found mama duck!!! She came waddling over with her two remaining babies and the three rescues bounded out of the box to meet her. It was so cute. The mother started preening her babies and quacking all worried and checking them over and...
We're going to try to reunite them with their mother, to the advice of a rescue we called. If she won't take them back, we'll take them to the wildlife clinic. Updated pics!
One of the reasons I thought they might not be pure mallard is because of their down color and their feet. They're down...
This is a pic taken right after rescue. We put them in a McDonalds bag we had lying around lol. They were so tuckered out! I think they might be mixed breeds but I'm not a duck expert by no means. I'll take better pics later.
Yesterday I was enjoying my day at a local duck pond when I spotted a family of ducks crossing the road. They were having trouble getting up the curb and were running around frantically. Their running was taking them dangerously close to a storm drain nearby, and I just watched three of them...