She had gone pass her due date. We first saw her on the nest the last weekend of March. And we had no idea when she started sitting. But she was at least a week beyond the normal 28 days of incubation.
Sarah removed one of the eggs, with great protest from Mama Duck this morning. It was too light for its size. A whack on the ground revealed the nearly dehydrated contents. An infertile egg. On our return from our afternoon bird watching at the Beaver Pond, we found her off the nest for the first time in over a month. A quick evaulation of the size/weight ratio for the other half dozen eggs revealed the same disappointing results.
No ducklings from this one...
