[tn-bird] Motherhood to an Extreme
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 08:03:45 EDT
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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