Lone Duckling

Lone Wood Duck duckling

Braving young life on the pond

Beware and stay strong!

A Lone Survivor

Duckling and its mom

Both together and separate

A lone survivor

Honk Honk

Mama goes "Honk Honk...

Make way for my dear duckling."

Together they go...

Mallards

Mallard and duckling

swimming in the morning light.

Quickly maturing.

Mallard and duckling

It was kinda touching to see this mama Mallard and her one ducking swimming together at dusk.

Duck and duckling

This duckling sure seems smaller than most of its peers at this time of year.  Let's hope it grows quickly enough to migrate south when that time comes!