Waiting for eggs

A quick update because it’s been a busy week for me (not as much for the ducks).

Good news 1: A wood duck is laying in the East nest and there are 3 eggs so far! Good news 2: The hooded mergansers have been in the creek. We hope they’ll nest here again this year.

The West and South nests have had ducks visiting but no eggs yet. We hope the activity will pick up soon. I will stream the cameras when it becomes likely that you will to see something other than wood chips: duck visits are very brief at this time of year. (However, my brother suggested that maybe we’d all enjoy watching momma wood chips teaching their little ones how to flip in the wind and how to not let their little dust particles mess the nest; made me smile!)