Life at the Annapolis Royal Marsh: Don't get too close

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Don't get too close

This juvenile male Wood Duck was perched on one of the dead trees at the edge of the marsh this morning. When I moved into the woods to check out another of the Wood Ducks' hiding places, I must have taken one step too many, as all of a sudden, about 50 ducks flew up from the marsh edge. I'm not sure they were all Wood Ducks, but at least now I know where they have been hiding out.

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custom canopiesSeptember 30, 2010 at 11:35 PM
My family and I actually saved about 200 wood ducks last year. We had to store them all under a large outdoor canopy until they got better to fly. After they were nursed back to health we let them all go and it was quite rewarding.
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marshwalkerOctober 1, 2010 at 8:43 PM
How amazing. What did you save them from? Were they all young, or a mix of young and adults? What did you feed them?
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