We are Duck Herders!

Duck Herding Duties
(click the above link for more duck-herding photos)
I've discovered it's very hard to shoot a video and help herd ducks at the same time!

Mama mallard duck has flown into our school courtyard every spring for the last several years to hatch her babies. Only problem is...the courtyard is completely enclosed. So, a few days after the babies have hatched, our very own duck whisperer teacher (she's pictured above at the very first of the video) gathers a bunch of volunteer duck herders so we can help lead mama and her babies from the courtyard, through the school, across the grounds of the school to the very conveniently located creek by the side of our school.

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xoabb

quack quack!

Sunday Serenity - Good Mama

Enclosed courtyard of our school - 5th year in a row this mama has come back to hatch her babies there
Friday we duck herders led them through the school to the nearby stream...and freedom...

Good mama mallard

Protecting her babies from 

the murdering crows

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xoabb

Sting + "murdering crows" lyric = good song!

Sunday Serenity: Sea Turtle Hatchling...

Oh my!
How hard the struggle of living life is!
Go, little sea turtle!

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xoabb
it's all good!

The above photos are courtesy of my mom and the video courtesy of my cousin, Cathy. My parents, cousin and her hubby are enjoying some snow-free on-the-beach warmness in Costa Rica where they were fortunate enough to witness the hatching and frenzied trip to the water of some sea turtles. How wonderful is that?