Bet you never knew ducklings bounce

[SuperHurra]

Lawrence! God dammit, Lawrence, get out of the fucking nest!

Ma-...I'm...I'm scared!

Also, tandem duck jumping.

[Beardyable]

aww their like mini drunks

[PinkBerry159]

Omg lol i laughed so hard at this <3 LOL

[jshamwow]

no i didnt know

[desertdarlene]

Oh, how cute! Yes, totally normal for wood ducks. They can survive falls up to 300 feet.

[virtualDavis]

Delightful video. Thanks for passing it along! Thought you might find our recent "sequel" interesting too. Ours are mallards in the Adirondacks' Champlain Valley. Cheers!

[alcancum]

Cruel Arsehole!!

[alcancum]

You should be reported. Don't u know how easy their bones break??

[xaandria86]

@alcancum I am nearly positive you are trolling, but for the benefit of those who are genuinely curious: This is normal and everyday behavior for the wood duck species. If the nesting box wasn't there, the mother would had laid eggs in a tree hollow and they would have jumped from there. Try a little research next time.

[6318374]

@xaandria86 amen to that, its nice to know that some people actually know what goes on in nature instead of just being babies saying oh no the poor ducklings !!

[Nescium]

bravest ducklings ever

[Brononymousdesu]

I SEARCHED FOR LOLWAT WHAT IS THIS!?

[sillychild23]

the sound they make when they hit the ground. Its so terrible, yet so cute ^^

[yankee999]

I love how nonchalant they are about plummeting. They just kinda look down and 'Away!'

[wmrcer]

this is so exciting, i just got my wood duck house from Natures Nooks Mfg

Do you think its a good enough house?

[Karuminu]

Heee! Look at their little feet as they jump out!

[Pablo7rh]

How many ducklings were there? Thanks for the great video!

[xaandria86]

@Pablo7rh I want to say there were 12, it has been a few years since we took this video. After they left we never saw the family again, ungrateful balls of fluff.

[XxRubia43xX]

it's amazing how baby wood ducks can jump out of a nest from a high height i can't even jump out from a high height <3

[unlimitedhary]

awsome

[reikofromtokyo]

Amazing!

[PezoCon]

Baby wood ducks have to fall from at least 10 feet or more to get their digestive tract going. I bet you all didn't know the reason for them nest so high up off the ground as opposed to any other duck.

[chipman5]

lmfao

[arewethereyet]

amazing that the mother duck knows everyone is accounted for

[Aniru]

This is great. D: Never knew ducklings could bounce. They're so cute ~ Thanks for uploading!

[ielaba98]

how come she has entered in that box....the hole is so small

[xaandria86]

@ielaba98 Wood ducks naturally seek out holes in trees in which to lay eggs. I had my doubts about the hole size too, but apparently mama duck called it home.

[RingneckDoveFan]

@xaandria86

Well that doesn't exactly answer the question. How did she lay the eggs? She clearly cannot fit in that hole.

[xaandria86]

@RingneckDoveFan Actually, she can and does. I didn't think she'd be able to fit either, until she did. Remember the wood ducks are much smaller than the more common mallard ducks. Check out some of the other wood duck videos on YouTube, some of them have captured the mama duck entering or exiting their nest boxes.

[WINDHAMMAN]

What! Wait! where did all those ducks come from? It was like clown car filled with clowns popping out- damn in all seriousness nature is awsome-I've never seen anything like this. Amazing video-hope those ducks live a long healthy life.

awsome video!

[emberfire13132]

they get back up really fast for being so little

[GTADUDE97]

HOLY SHIT ITS RAINING DUCKS!!!!

[vekalist]

ouch

[Nshimley]

I'm wondering what kind of awkward position the mom has to be to lay the eggs in there.

[Garyankan]

So cute!

[xBwadex]

lol ^_^ poor little ducks

[4986hunterofsouth]

what do you use for them to climb out with?

[pigeonofvengance]

cut foot holes in the planks.

[xaandria86]

There is a wire mesh on the wall of the box with the exit hole. We had some shots from inside the nesting box but they weren't very good, so you can't see the inside.

[xaandria86]

@4986hunterofsouth A simple wire grid (similar to chicken wire) stapled to the side gave them an easy ladder.

[shinysuicune]

Ouch.... Looks fun though

[no288]

good job filming this!

[shhhh99]

Absolutely wonderful video, two cameras, impeccable editing, kudos!

Boing!! They DO bounce! And no, I didn't know that!

[SalamanderKing111]

they are trying to do suicide but cant succeed Kidding its really cute thanx for putting it on here :)

[joethebom]

its kool how they survie the fall

[ryebread74]

How did they get into that nest box way up there? Did someone put them in there?

[xaandria86]

The mother actually flies up there and lays her eggs in the nest box. After a few weeks, they hatch and spend their first day inside the box, then they all jump out the next day. If a box isn't around, wood ducks use hollow trees. Offering a box is a good way to get wood ducks to frequent your pond.

[ryebread74]

wow,that's interesting. Does she get in the box to sit on the eggs?