[chachacha]

did not know quite where to post this but i have a very nervous mama mallard nesting on 10 eggs in the high grasses by my front door in hemingway. oh, how darling, i thought, until i started picturing 11 ducks defecating all over my front patio! who has an educated opinion on whether i should call animal control? i know i should not touch the eggs, mama flies out and away when i go out to water my flowers. any ideas? thanks

[redwitch]

Just leave 'em alone. As soon as they can walk, mama waddles them to the water -- no birdie poop for you to worry about. They don't hang around the nest very long. (At least that was the case with a nest right by the front door of one of my client's.)

[jblum8156]

Please take some pictures for us when they hatch.

[graciegirl]

It must be the Easter Duck.

Happy Easter Chachacha and Happy Easter EVERYONE.

[carm310]

How I wish I could be there to see it all! Pictures would be nice!

[chuckster]

imho........ leave nature to it's course and simply hose down the droppings after they are gone.

Happy Easter..........

[Hawkwind]

Just let Mom be and everything will be okay. I have lived on a lake for over 25 years and find a nest somewhere around the house every few years and it has never been a problem. Mom will get the chicks to water as soon as possible and they will be off. Ducks have never been a problem but geese are a totally different story.

[DDoug]

Keep one thing in mind those little duckies will never forget where your house in at . They will be back every year. Thats one for mother nature. They do multiply

[batman911]

Aflac!!!!!!!!!

[chachacha]

to my deep chagrin all the eggs were gone this morning! i do not know what became of them! i was starting to anticipate the arrival of those babies! a neighbor said some children were doing an easter egg hunt this morning!! oh, no! i feel so badly for mama mallard....she must think i am a murderer! the nest is still there with no sign of foul play (pardon the pun!) i feel really bad about this...thanks for all your replies....