Ducklings day 3

· Ducks · GIF · ducklings 2020

Some trauma for day 3: today we removed the leg bands from the male ducklings (the females didn’t have bands).

Here are the ducklings when I first arrived in the morning:

Ducklings

An animated GIF of synchronized duckling drinking:

GIF of ducklings drinking

A couple of pictures around noon, after removing their leg bands; they were feeling rather hesitant about us after that:

Ducklings
Ducklings

And some afternoon rounds pictures:

Ducklings

A view from a nesting box:

Ducklings

Still avoiding me (they’ll get over it, especially once I introduce treats):

Ducklings