A Duck Tale

I found this wedged between the fence, light post, and feed room.

It's a duck nest. There's quite a few eggs in there and I'm hoping that predators won't find it tucked away as ingeniously as it it. I plan on helping the mama duck out when the eggs hatch. Around here baby ducks only last a few days and then disappear, so I'm planning on catching as many as I can, and the mama as well, and keeping them in my garden shed until they're big enough to be set free. Uh, that one's going to be difficult to pass by Dad, but then again, he does like the ducks, and he was horrified when the last batch of ducklings only lasted 24 hours.