baby ducks spotted

[B. Amish]

seen my first brood of mallards today, looked to be at least 10 of the puff balls (ottertail county) any one else see any yet, i thought this sighting was early?

[Walleyeguy31]

I have seen baby mallards and geese since the first of the month at Pondview apts in Maplewood

[Fish&Fowl]

I've been waiting for someone to post the news of young'uns. I was hoping I was going to be the one to post, but I'm glad to hear they're finally starting to show up. May they live long and grow many curls and keep makin' more for us

[benelli_dude2002]

Seen some goslings last week up here in LOTW county. Of course no camera on hand. Brian

[BLACKJACK]

Saw my first ducklings last night, looked like a hen mallard with 10 little puffballs.

[BLACKJACK]

Seeing those other ducklings got me motivated to go and check a couple of wood duck houses that had hens setting, both were gone, the only thing left was egg shells and a few unhatched eggs. The one nest actually had five unhatched eggs along with some shells, the hen must have jumped off too soon when the first ducklings came out. I was curious about those five eggs, so I broke them and one was rotten and the other four had developed ducklings in them. Nature can be tough.

[lawdog]

I saw a pile of little goslings last weekend too. No ducks or pheasants yet though...

[buckpredator]

Last night I saw two hens with little ones. One batch of nine must have been hatched out a few days ago, while the other batch of seven must have just been hatched within the last couple of days.

[Quackaddict9]

There is a pair of geese that have 4 goslings out at my cabin. Here are some pictures I took earlier today on the water when fishing.

[lanyard]

Blackjack,

May have been a 'dump' by another hen. I believe Dr. Roger Strand of the Wood Duck Society noted that some birds will 'dump' their eggs in anothers nest. This may include other cavity nesters like mergnasers.

[Big Sky]

Added 2 wood duck houses and 2 mallard houses to my pond. Saw some hens earlier in the year, then nothing. Thought none were getting used. Yesterday, saw first brood of woodies. She had 11! They were tiny tiny, so likely justed hatched. Will wait a couple of weeks to see what else happens. Very encouraging!!

[Royce Aardahl]

Zoomed in on these while catching smallies today.