Hi guys,

you've got a heart of stone if you don't well up.

Poor things.

 

This strikes me as a put the d**n camera down and help moment.

 

Yes.....

 

I'm sure the local jurisdiction expended plenty of resources after the camera person turned the phone around and dialed 911. It makes me wonder what the infant mortality rate is for ducks generally and whether the rate is higher or lower in an urban environment with it's cars, feral cats and storm drains.

 

It strikes me as a choreographed moment.

 

I saw a documentary where a squirrel caught and ate a duckling. They aren't called tree rats for nothing.

 

Damn things...

I've seen pike eat ducklings when fishing. Poor things seem to be a tasty meal for lots of creatures.

 

Magpies and other crows are a danger too:

It took those three eggs.

For more of the grebes (but not the magpie).
http://www.marksphotos.info/grebe/grebe14.html

 

Love those photos Mark. Grebes look so funny on land, but so beautiful on water.

 

I don't think these are the same ducklings as post #1 but it seems pretty common:
http://youtu.be/QMLZXGMva4w

 

Hi guys,

you've got a heart of stone if you don't well up.

Poor things.

I don't know why the mother is so worried. The smart one made it across just fine.

By the way, how do we know that the other babies are not stuck on the other side and were just afraid to cross the grate?

 

This video has a very familiar picture.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I30Jo4dfoi4&feature=related

Evidently those were some lucky ducks.


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I've seen this one, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEBLt6Kd9EY