Some trauma for day 3: today we removed the leg bands from the male ducklings (the females didn’t have bands).

Here are the ducklings when I first arrived in the morning:

An animated GIF of synchronized duckling drinking:

A couple of pictures around noon, after removing their leg bands; they were feeling rather hesitant about us after that:

And some afternoon rounds pictures:

A view from a nesting box:

Still avoiding me (they’ll get over it, especially once I introduce treats):