5 one week old babies
I tried calling the humane society or the city but my phone was out of area couldn't reach information to save my life. Finally a woman that I dragged over for help tried calling someone...No luck and she said there were 6 babies yesterday. She suggested I catch them and take them to the pound. So I hauled my ass back to my car and got a box from a local business. Mind you I told my kids to not talk to anyone just watch the babies. I come back to some guy with 2 kids harassing my kids and the babies. Before I could get back there him and his kids take off.
So now we have to try and catch upset babies......Amanda caught two off the bat
But, the other three were extremely elusive. During this time we are dealing with old ladies giving us looks of I'd hit you with my bag if I could you hooligans....
After 45 minutes of fruitless tries on the last three I noticed a woman coming towards us....looking kind of official. So I prepared myself for a ticket or something for illegally catching ducks....But, instead she came to help she is the director for "Heart of Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation Center". With her help Amanda caught two more at once and I caught the third one while sliding into the river
She congratulated us that if it wasn't for us the babies would have died come nightfall. But, she explained because the ducks weren't protected she couldn't take them. So we have brought them home and will keep them till they are about 8inches tall then we can release them back to their real home. The lady was nice enough to not only give me her business card but, she also gave one each to my kids. She told me she rescues owls and other raptors and small mammals. So I asked if she ever lets anyone take pics.....she in turn asked if I was a photographer so I said aspiring to be
She said she would give me a call the next time they get anything in 
Anyways, we made it home wet but, safe with the babies. Expect pics with 5 ducklings and Easter right around the corner
I'll keep you posted on our progress
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