Leaving the nest box

Been dragging this story out too long, time to wrap it up. In the following video you will see the mother calling the ducklings out of the nest box. Look close and count 18 ducklings hit the water. On another video we found number 19, which had problems getting out of the box. It finally made it and joined the rest.







The following video shows the inside view of the ducklings leaving the nest box. As I did not have the nest box camera in a position to show the ducklings going up to the hole, I used a video from 2007 that showed the exit.





The following photos were taken from about 200 ft. away so they are not too good but you will get the idea what is going on. The mother left the family in the water and went up the bank to see if it was safe to proceed. She had to get the ducklings out of the water as the bass will eat them if given the chance.




















The mother called the little ones up the bank. They disappeared over the hill, and that is the last we saw of them. They probably headed for the stream that is 100 ft away.