The Eggs are still there

We checked last night as soon as we got home and although the nest was unattended there were 10 eggs. This morning mama mallard was sitting on her clutch again so I guess we continue with the countdown.

It is a ducky spring though because yesterday Jessica send me an email about the "Fox Ducks". It seems at the Fox headquarters in LA a mother duck has made a home for her young brood. Here is part of her email to me.

We have ducks on the fox lot! They were born 2 weeks ago and we are
taking shifts to babysit on the weekends to keep them safe from the
crows. We originally had 9 ducklings but the crows already got 3 so
we're down to six. It's a really big deal too! It's going to be on the
news tonight and there are a few Hollywood bloggers that have written
about the "fox ducks".

Here is her picture of the LA ducks.