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HATCHING!
05/23/2026

HATCHING!

Memorial Day weekend.

04/17/2026

The ducks aren’t incubating yet, but this merganser hen is loafing in the box during a thunderstorm while the drake waits for her.

06/20/2022

Our2nd box of wood ducks hatched over the weekend and 8 ducklings emerged with mom. They are not the only ones on pond. A brood of hooded mergansers are also out there, diving like little minnow fiends. The pond has no fish, so I assume that they are diving for bugs.

Jump down is imminent. https://youtu.be/iSOQZ8nbXlg. 3:47:00 is when the fun starts.
05/26/2022

Jump down is imminent. https://youtu.be/iSOQZ8nbXlg. 3:47:00 is when the fun starts.

May 26, 2022. The eggs hatched yesterday. The ducklings spent the night in the box. We expect jump down today.

05/26/2022

We checked in before heading to bed at 11 PM. Mom isn't getting much rest tonight. In all likelihood jump down will happen tomorrow.

Hatching has started.
05/25/2022

Hatching has started.

May 25, 2022. Hatching has commenced.

05/23/2022

About 30 yards from Box 1 we have goslings hatching today.

We are in the hatch window so we are keeping an ear out for pipping and an eye out for cracks in the eggs.
05/21/2022

We are in the hatch window so we are keeping an ear out for pipping and an eye out for cracks in the eggs.

May 21, 2022. Box 1 (the big screen) is in the expected hatch window. Listening for pipping coming from the eggs, and vocalizations from the hen encouragin...

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