Saving Baby Ducks

 Mallory called me the other day and said she had a happy story and a very sad story.  I'm sure I'm not going to get this entirely accurate but I'll do my best and it will be mostly accurate.  Apparently, Mallory had gone to the library on a Saturday morning to write a paper.  As she was walking home and going across campus she heard a duck quacking loudly and a bit frantically.  As he rounded the path and got closer to the noise she saw a female duck with it's next outstretched quacking at 7 baby chicks who were sitting atop a cement planter.  Mallory thinks the duck had nested in the planter and hatched all her babies and was not trying to get them to jump down from the cement wall.  

Mallory wanted to help them down but she couldn't get close to the babies because the mother was being very protective and warning her off.  So as she watched, three of the babies jumped down and while she was watching the other on top the ledge, out of nowhere a Raven swooped down and grabbed one of the babies and took off.  Mallory was so sad to have witnessed that.  But, thank goodness the other 3 chicks couraged up and jumped down.  So Mallory decided that she had to see them to safety so she kind of escorted them along to a stream and pond on the other side of campus.  

What would have taken her 15 minutes to get home took her over an hours by the time see made sure the mother and babies were safely secured in the stream.  Way to have a tender heart for God's creatures!  Love that you did that Mallory.