Little did Judith Wurtman suspect when she sang, "Be kind to your web-footed friends, for a duck may be somebody's mother," with her girl scout troop, that one day, she would help an actual duck become an actual mother. Returning to her apartment in Boston following an absence of several months, she discovered that a female Mallard had chosen an empty terracotta planter on her twelfth floor balcony for her nesting site. Having named the duck Sadie, the author worried that the ever-changing New England weather would expose ...
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Little did Judith Wurtman suspect when she sang, "Be kind to your web-footed friends, for a duck may be somebody's mother," with her girl scout troop, that one day, she would help an actual duck become an actual mother. Returning to her apartment in Boston following an absence of several months, she discovered that a female Mallard had chosen an empty terracotta planter on her twelfth floor balcony for her nesting site. Having named the duck Sadie, the author worried that the ever-changing New England weather would expose the duck to cold, rain and hot, dry wind. She cobbled together a make-shift shelter using plants donated by neighbors, a large umbrella and a concrete Gargoyle. An expert on rescuing urban wildlife provided duck food which the author dutifully fed Sadie three times a day. But would the eggs hatch? Sadie's frequent and unpredictable absences exposed the eggs to the elements, and made it seem equally likely they would wind up hard boiled rather than gently warmed as they slowly turned into ducklings.
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