In case anyone ever encounters this in the future, when I had ducklings stuck in my pool, wildlife rescue told me just to put a large towel over the edge of the pool and they would use it to climb out. I did that (you have to weight the edges of the towel down with bricks or something) and I simply draped it over, and they walked right up the towel with no problem. Mom and ducklings were reunited, and a few hours later they were gone.
Thing is in general birds at abt as smart as a dog, and some are WAY smarter than dogs (ex corvids, parrots and possibly chickens), which is why i hate the term "bird brained" bcuz its not true in the slightest Sry no hate towards you, just the the saying
Lmao so true also mother ducks are really stupid when it comes to parenting because their first instinct when the ducklings hatch is to just find water so very often the mother will lay her eggs on peoples balconies just because there is a pool underneath its honestly ridiculous
@@Bip4rl0 yea I know lol but there are so many other weird places that ducks have layed eggs and sometimes there is no water nearby I seen this show one time when there was a duck and her ducklings trapped on a school playground and that happened because she layed her eggs in a Bush in a contained area like literally all the school buildings were attached but the center was hollow so she was trapped in a massive box basically and needed to be captured and released miles away from the school because that's how far away the closest water source was (her and the ducklings were fine but its just another example of ducks being adorably stupid)
We thought about the water level, but we couldn't increase it while the ducklings were there because it would have freaked them out. The net was the only thing we could think of that would work, and it did. We had the same problem this year (with a new brood of ducklings), and we had to use the net again. I'd love to hear of any other suggestions.
Lead them with seeds they would eat, then let them go to the ramp/stairs or stones that you may add, but that might lead the pool to get dirty though...
You all did amazing! Hopefully the issue has been figured out, but putting extra drop in steps or a ramp by the steps helps (I don't mean install any, I mean get one that can be taken in and out. Like a doggy ramp or pet stairs, covered in something their feet can grip).
These kind men put more care, thought into getting the ducklings out of that pool than I feel like David Benioff or DB Weiss put into any episode of the last season of Game of Thrones. Also more suspense & was more invested than in watching any episode of the last TWO seasons of that show. Thank you 😢❤
I have seen a ton of these videos lol. They will keep jumping back in if their mom is in the pool. Also the mom will abandon the remaining ducklings as soon as she gathered about 60% of them. The trick is to gather them in a box until you caught all of them and then the mother will follow you and you release them away from the pool.
please someone edit this over that funny video of people excitedly cheering in a bar bc this is exactly how i felt watching this. thank you so much for your kindness Evan!
I'm a huge duck lover, particularly mallards. I enjoy watching them because they are cute and peaceful little creatures. I also have started studying their behavior and this video really does a great job of illustrating how caring mother ducks are #itsaduckslife 🦆🦆
In ancient time, we had the myth of Sisyphus, forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down every time it neared the top, repeating this action for eternity. There, we have the myth of Brian, trying to scoop up ducklings out the pool only for them to jump back just after! :D
I love that you let the last one work for her survival, she may be the runt now but because of that small challenge, she might rise above the rest further down the road in her duckling life. haha. Great upload, loved it!
+MrFRDW It did. What we don't know is what happened to the family afterwards. They left our property, and I wasn't able to find out what happened to them.
Well done for the rescue attempt. Lucky that you were around at the time as if this was the ducklings first swim, they might have been in trouble without your help. I put a ramp and some stones in our small pool and that way they could get in and out without any problems. They´re three months old now and as big as the parents.
que puedo decir especialmente hermoso como se enoja mama pata cuando quieren ayudarla, lo mas bello el ultimo como pudo salio atras de su familia, gracias a gente como uds que saben valorar a nuestros hermanos animalitos silvestres y caseros dios les bendiga por siempre, sir evan zucker and your family and friends dios os bendiga por siempre forever
this made me so sad they were in such panic the mom just wanted to save her babies n i wanted to cry when i saw the last one getting stuck n i feel like it kind of hurt its leg bc it was walking weirdly i hope it could find its mom :(
Make me sad too about the poor baby ducks having to go through such extra stress ESPECIALLY when there WERE people that should of had the brains to put step type rocks at the pool stairs where the mother duck kept leading the ducklings to get out, then they could of all gotten out on the first attempt. And because it took so long for the "people" to figure it out-the last little duck had to be panic'ed out of it's mind, and it did appear it got injured, and that is down right cruel when a human can't find a way for something THAT SIMPLE. Hate to think what would happen in that pool if a little kid fell in, those guys wouldn't have a clue!
Mimi Shella female ducks get extremely defensive of their children even when your trying to help. I remember having a similar problem and I picked about half the baby ducks out of my pool before the mom literally flew into my face to make me back off.
2:03 Okay team how are we gonna do this? Duckie 1#: Um...I don't know...but we could try using our necks and grabbing the ledge... Duckie #2: That would work! Are you ducking crazy? Our necks aren't strong enough! Duckie 3#: Well there is one other option.... All the other duckies: What? Duckie 3#: Quak. Quak like are lives depend on it. Baby Ducks: QUAK! QUAK! HELP! HELP! QUAK!
