Duckie update!

[muckefuck]

I had no idea what I was starting when I came back and told my co-workers about the momma duck and her twelve hatchlings living just outside our windows. They immediately left to survey the scene. (Another co-worker wryly noted that "the average intelligence of the room just went up".) A little while later, I heard talk about leaving some water outside for them; yesterday, I noted the appearance of several open containers and witnessed two other co-workers tossing bread crumbs toward the back wall.

Today, I stepped up to the water fountain and noticed four people--two young women, two older men--all leaning on the radiators edging the windows and following the progress of the duck family back to the shelter of the tall grasses. Then I noticed a jerry-rigged plywood ramp soaring into the air, presumably to allow access to the world outside. What's next? A 24-hour duck cam?

Comments

WE HAVE "FALCON CAM"

[darkphuque.livejournal.com]

Why not... we have PG&E's cam watching the fledglings of a pair of Peregrine Falcons that live on a ledge on their office building. This is the 3rd season that it has been working. The falcons were brought in to hlep with the pidgen problem, and now there are a total of 8 Peregrine's in downtown SF.

Re: WE HAVE "FALCON CAM"

[gopower.livejournal.com]

If only the falcons could be trained to swoop down on the idiots feeding the pigeons...

Re: WE HAVE "FALCON CAM"

[darkphuque.livejournal.com]

There is a $275.00 fine for feeding them, and I saw it administered about 6 wks ago.
That person will never feed the flying rats again!