Ducklings day 16

Today, the ducklings discovered the joy of swimming.

But first, I liked the color variations of these three cam captures, of the night-vision, early morning, and lighter morning:

Nighttime ducklings

Morning ducklings

Morning ducklings

Amazing what a difference it makes to the light level just having a vent open.

The traditional morning greeting:

Ducklings

I put the paint tray pool back in the house. Bert took a peek:

Bert and ducklings

They took the bait of treats:

Ducklings

Ducklings

Ducklings

Ducklings

Oooh, it’s wet:

Ducklings

Hey, I like that:

Ducklings

Everybody (almost) in the pool!

Ducklings

Ducklings

Ducklings

Dunking duckling:

Ducklings

Ducklings

Ducklings

Ducklings

Ducklings

An animated GIF of that picture; you can see dunking underwater, and the one at the top of the ramp preening, which helps spread the waterproofing oils:

Ducklings GIF

Afternoon swims:

Ducklings

Ducklings

Ducklings

Ducklings

Ducklings

I’ll continue morning and afternoon supervised swims for the next couple of weeks, until their 5th week, removing the tray before I depart each time. After that, I’ll be able to leave the tray in there full-time. About three weeks after that, at about their 8th week, they’ll be able to go into the pond.

3 thoughts on “Ducklings day 16

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  2. It looks like quite a pool party. I’m keeping my eye on the buff I call Betty. She looks like a real go-getter! I hope she and Bert have a big romance in the future. Thank you for sharing your cuties with us.

    1. The Buff does seem to be one of the most assertive. I should post about their names; they aren’t quite finalized yet, but her name is (tentatively) Gemma.

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