[tn-bird] Motherhood to an Extreme

May 19, 2002
Lake Co. TN

On Sunday, Glen Criswell and I were coming around the south end of Reelfoot 
Lake when I saw a hen Mallard with a string of young that seemed to go on for 
ever. I told Glen as I made a quick U turn that there must have been 25 
ducklings following her.

When we relocated her (she looked pretty harried to say the least) we counted 
28 young, which appeared to be 3 different broods, varying slightly in age 
but most fairly far along. Evidently something had taken the other mothers or 
they had played a dirty trick on her but my hat is off to my candidate for 
"Mother of the YEAR"

Good Birding!!!

Jeff R. Wilson
OL' COOT / TLBA
Bartlett Tenn.


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