A few days ago I was going to make a posting about the cute swanlings that were born last week right out side of our apartment. I even have video of their second day out of the shell.
They are so adorable.
We love watching them swim around in the creek below our balcony. This is them a few days out of the shell.
I check on them periodically to make sure they're alright and no one's picking on them. So when I heard a strange bird call sometime after noon yesterday I went outside to see what it was. To my horror it was the swan song of a mother and father searching for their lost babies. For hours they swam up and down the creek looking everywhere and making the saddest sound and waiting to hear a response. I don't know what happened to those babies in the hour or so since I saw them swimming close behind their mother in the creek. All I know is that I'm done with nature.
4 comments:
That was the most depressing post I have ever read.
...a yet, kind of hilarious.
...but mostly depressing. No happy ending???
What beatiful videos, but what an ugly ending. I am not going to the movies anymore. It could have been worse, you could have seen what really happened to them. At least some hunter didn't blast them out of the water. WE know this for sure: when you get your duckies you will be a good mother duck. At least you still have your sense of humor...You quack me up.
I'm so sad!! What happened to them? I was totally looking forward to seeing them!
I think it was the Ashlin curse that got them! First your duck drowning in CV, then the duck swallowed up in our pond right before your eyes, now this! I think you should stay clear of baby fowl for their own sake!
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