Protecting a Mother Duck

Most years we see ducks in our neighborhood - looking for ponds and ditches where they can have their young.



This year a mother duck chose a pond at the nearby college for her ducklings' first home.

Workers cordoned off the area, in a grassy courtyard.








Through the window, students can see her stand watch over her little brood.













I wonder how long before they fly away...












And I wonder, also, if instinct will bring them all back next year to make nests of their own!