Wet fields and wet lands.

The fields are very wet this spring. In fact so wet that some of our farm equipment is getting stuck in the field. This is unusual in our neck of the woods in Southern Alberta. There are all sorts of little sloughs in the fields too and lots of Mallard ducks are enjoying these new watering holes. I was getting concerned about what was going to happen to these ducks when the watering holes dry up. Would they nest near them and then run out of water for their little ones?


I searched for information on this on the Ducks Unlimited website which indicates that Mallards ducklings are usually all hatched by the end of May. Then it takes 2 months for them to be able to fly. In my opinion this could be a bit tight for any ducks that have nested near small sloughs in the field which should have dried up by the end of July. Let's hope our ducks have picked larger watering holes to nest at.