Rose Cat's Rambles

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Mute swan
Photo by Jans Canon at Flickr

( eleven more pics, two GIFs and two embedded videos; all child/work-safe )

The latest episode of the PBS show Nature, "An Original DUCKumentary" aired here on Sunday night.

The North American wood duck nests in a tree hole, sometimes as high as sixty feet up. Often the nest is located over water, but not always. Either way, the day-old ducklings don't get to walk out. They have to jump.

Here's a clip from the episode, in which a nervous duckling, with her mother's encouragement, takes a leap of faith.

( videos )