The mommy duck laid eggs in a flowerpot on the balcony which is on the second floor. The little ducklings could not get out of the flowerpot after hatching. And their mommy couldn't do anything. We called The Washington Animal Rescue League (http://www.warl.org/) to ask for emergency service and they sent a rescuer to our building right away.
The rescuer arrived in about an hour. There were 5 ducklings and a dead egg in the flowerpot. The duckling were so scared and made very loud noise. The mommy duck was mad and tried to attack the rescuer so we had to keep her away from the rescuer.
The rescuer carefully put the duckling in a white bag that he brought with him. He said he needed to go down stair as soon as possible and led the mommy duck to the river close by.
It was not easy as I thought because the mommy duck didn't want to leave my office building. She was probably afraid that there were still some babies at the building. But the rescuer tried to show the mommy duck that there were some ducklings in the bag. So it took us a while to get to the Potomac river.
When he found a good spot, he let the duckling go. They ran to their mommy fast. mommy!! mommy!! mommy!!
They ran straight to the river. I was concerned if they know how to swim because they never do that before. Duck's instinct is amazing. They jumped to the water and swim next to their mommy without any problem. The rescuer said it was duck's instinct to feel safer in the water so they ran to the river immediately.
The rescue mission was completed, the ducklings are with their mommy....Happy Ending :)
