You know, no matter how good your intentions, you just cant save every duckling. While walking past the west drain (the one that the water feeds out of the lake on Minnawarra), I noticed a raven and a duck, then I heard the cheeping. Another mother duck had her ducklings sucked down the drain. This one has a grate over the top and a small walkway. There were 5 ducklings when I ran to get help and only 4 when I got back. After having to lie on the grate and scoop like buggery, we could only catch 2 ducklings. The other 2 got sucked away through the drain and we have no hope of saving them as it empties on the other side of the shops in a fenced off section controlled by the Water Corp. Mother duck was very happy to have 2 of her ducklings back and seemingly oblivious to the fact that 3 of them were missing. At the end of the day I spotted mother duck with only one duckling. I tell you, how on earth does this species survive? Its frustrating and heartbreaking at times.
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