Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Lots and Lots of Ducks



Tara Poole lives in Victoria, Australia, and has ducks and chickens. While she was raising her own set of domestic ducklings, someone from a wildlife group who knew Poole contacted her about taking in a clutch of abandoned ducklings. These were Australian wood ducks, a wild species that proved to be quite different from barnyard ducks. The ducklings apparently imprinted on Poole and her husband. Poole expected them to fly the coop eventually, but the wood ducks decided farm life was good enough. Instead of heading into the wild, they follow their humans around everywhere and cuddle with Tara. It's a good thing she loves ducks, because she is stuck with them.   

1 comment:

Oxnard said...

That is adorable. I used to have a couple of Muscovy ducks along with chickens. You are a lucky duck!