Hmmm.....I know that sound....
Let me preface the rest of this story by explaining that on Sunday, the day before yesterday, Greg and I had witnessed some of our neighborhood ducks "canoodling" out in the front yard and in our driveway. To explain it even better, there were 3 male ducks frantically chasing 1 female duck. Waddling as fast as their little webbed feet would take them, jumping on her poor back, and bless her heart, it seemed as though she was running for her life.
So, after I heard the quacking that sounded so very close to our house, I knew exactly what had happened.... Our poor little lady duck had finally found her hiding place!! The bad news was that she couldn't get out.
Here is where she was trapped:
As you can see, we have this long, narrow space between our fence and the neighbors'. And this was the location of our poor little lady duck escaping for her life from the ferocious boys that had been chasing her.
I first tried "shooing" her out, but the space was so narrow that she wasn't able to flap her wings enough to lift herself out. A plan had to be made....
STAIRS!!!....yes, stairs were the answer. We had to build stairs for her and so we did.
I would like to ask that you do not judge our method and certainly not our building materials. Listen people, we were in a hurry! She had been stuck in there for God knows how long, she was nervous and scared, I only had like 10 inches to work with, it was 93 degrees outside and we had to get to the library.
Here's our little rescued friend! She took to those stairs like a professional.
And for those of you, me included, who might be a little intrugued about the mating rituals of ducks and WHY there were 3 males chasing 1 female, check out this article. Extremely interesting and educational!!
http://www.webvet.com/main/article?id=2156
