Both nests hatching now

I haven’t seen ducklings yet – lots of fluffy down and momma duck in the way – but both the East and West mother ducks are eating eggshells (good nutrition for them), and moms and babies are talking to each other so hatching is happening. I’d hoped the two nests would do this one day apart.

So when will they jump?

It will be either tomorrow or Thursday morning, but which one? When they hatch in the evening or overnight it’s easier to predict, but since they are hatching during the day it’s harder to know. My guess is Thursday because tomorrow morning it will be less than 20 hours out of the egg for most of the ducklings. But the outside cameras will be live tomorrow in case they go then.