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In any case, the majority of male ducks spend little time with their young after they hatch, though some are known to remain defensive of their brood until the end of the breeding season. I contacted a wildlife rescue near me and they are willing to take them but with me being a softie, I don’t know what is the best place for them. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form taxon; they do not represent a monophyletic group (the group of all descendants of a single common ancestral species), since swans and geese are not considered ducks.

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For lone ducklings, the water must be very shallow and ideally set up so that they can’t climb into it. Once they are full grown they should be safe from the crows as they generally only attack ducklings and not adult birds.The duckling stared after them, marvelling at the wonderful sight they made as they soared beneath the clouds in a vast V-shape across the sky. Most duck species breed once a year, choosing to do so in favourable conditions ( spring/summer or wet seasons). We have a wild musk ivy duck mom who let her 2 day old babies to a dock on our canal and 4 of them ended up in the water chirping their little heads off.

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Most ducks are seasonally monogamous, which means they form a new pair bond each breeding season, but some, like whistling ducks, are monogamous.If the ducklings are scattered out and breathing heavily, they're most likely getting overheated, and you need to move the lamp further away or use a lower wattage bulb. Unfortunately they don’t always plan how they are going to walk them there so we often have to step in and give them a hand.