11 Black-bellied Whistling Duck babies - teamwork you won't believe - 4K
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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This pair of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks arrived in our pond in early May. Since then I have watched and photographed and videoed a plethora of behaviors, but none like what I witnessed on the morning of August 10th. Temperatures in the small box in the sun must have been almost fatal on many days that the outside temperature was in the high 90’s. During the last couple of days, when instead of alternating incubation they both stayed in the box as their eggs hatched, I watched them both panting and wondered if they would be able to stick it out.
For the week and a half before the big day I went out before sunrise every morning, staying until at least 10am in case it was “the day,” and as the jumping grew imminent, I would stay until noon with two complete digiscoping systems so that I could have one camera on the box and one on the “landing zone.” The one thing I noticed over and over is how in sync and in tune they are, but what I witnessed this morning gave new meaning to the word “teamwork.”
Digiscoped using GH4’s mounted on Swarovski STX85 and STX95 scopes using Digidapters, Manfrotto 502 heads and a set of RRS TVC-33 legs with leveling base for the system shooting the dynamic video.
Great video and music! Such smart ducks! We have 12 Whistler ducks nesting here in central Arkansas. Cannot wait to see their 'bumble bee' babies!! This is the 3rd year they have visited our farm! This year they are actually nesting! They respond to my voice and wait for me to feed them each day! Hope they all stay here, so they won't be killed by the hunters (*)>
I never thought about it, but their babies do look like bumble bees!
Very dramatic scenes with the little gator/croc but also very smart by the male duck to lure it away from the ducklings with their mother by flapping the wings onto the water surface like a duck in distress, and finally standing victorious on the nesting box.
These are really beautiful and smart ducks. Thanks for sharing this smart teamwork behaviour!
+Michael Billerbeck Thanks Michael!! I'm just now seeing your comment...
They are such beautiful ducks
They are Issay! They only way I can tell the males from the females is the shape of the belly :-).
Wow so brave ducks!
They are good parents!!
Wow what a stuning footage 4k! I love black-bellied whitling ducks, they're so smart and beatuful. In my hometown are called Pijijis, so there's a place calle Pijijiapan.
Iorek Byrnison Ferret I'm so glad you enjoyed it!! We just had 13 more jump from that box a week ago. Only one interfering Whistling Duck this year - no alligators!
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So cute little ducklings ♥️
Hi, love your video. What are the nest measurements?
Thanks! I don't know, but it's a very large Wood Duck box. It's out in the water so I can't measure it. The hole needs to be larger than for wood ducks.
Que lindos gracias !!!
Man a few months ago a family had came to my backyard but my dog killed two babies I felt really sorry but a month after they came again but a little one had got stuck so we help it but it was left behind we took care of for 1 1/2 but it was the best 1 1/2 days of my life.
I'm glad he had you to take care of him.
@@TaraTanaka thank you
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Where do you live? We're in Southern Louisiana and we say our first family of these beautiful ducks today. They did the same thing. One duck took the babies away and the other duck came for my hubs while he was trying to get some pics. LoL! They are so beautiful! Love the whistling!
Your comment cracked me up!!! I was watching the same box waiting for more babies to jump when I read it - it's that time of year again!! We had another brood jump from that box last year. You can see them near the end jumping, and then the first time I saw them again at the very end when they were 24 days old - I got to watch all 9 grow up and learn to fly - so wonderful! We're in Tallahassee, FL. Here's last year's video: vimeo.com/133941134
We LOVED your video! I had never seen those ducks until the other day and when I googled them, your video popped up. Thanks for sharing and being a wildlife lover! You Rock!
Thanks VERY much for letting me know how much you enjoyed them - it really means a lot! I've been out in the yard every morning before sunrise waiting, but still no cigar! Maybe tomorrow :-).
Yaya Yanes Lots of other birds do that, you know
almost had duck burgers and duck nuggets
Excellent service.Thank you for your enjoy able information.
Hi Tara! You sent me this video a few years ago on one of my hunting videos. I enjoyed it then and still enjoy it now. I am now teaching a university course about waterfowl ecology and I share the video in the class every year so that the students can enjoy your work and learn at the same time!
Thanks so much for letting me know!! I have a new Sandhill video that you are more than welcome to share too :-).
Nice. I absolutely love Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks. ps. nice choice of music, it kind of reminds of a song called "Chinese ninja warrior"
+Paul Contreras Thanks Paul!
Tara Tanaka you're welcome
Reminds of song called "Y'all asses almost got eaten by an alligator"
Wow, never thought I'd see a duck chase off a gator!!!! Your dramatic music was perfect!!!!!
Thank you Maggie! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
This is marvelous! Your dedication paid off. I would love to see a version without a musical soundtrack, just the ambient sounds.
Thanks! I appreciate your feedback. It seems that most people like the music when I add it, but there are some who don't. I don't know if you saw it, but I did just post the same pair bringing out this year's babies, with ambient sound: ua-cam.com/video/8qnaa4OwhYY/v-deo.html
Tara Tanaka Cool, thanks!
@@TaraTanaka I just read a post disliking the music.
The music added to the video.
I loved how the sound matched the action/drama you filmed.
@@wms1650 Thank you for your comment - by adding the music it more closely conveys how I experienced this incredible event. Most people enjoy it, but those who don't can turn the sound off :-).
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I watch the black-bellied Whistling Ducks That come through Katy, Texas in the fall and the spring. Our area is just a stop-over. One particularly tall house in the housing addition is a favorite and they line the roof ridge and the back fence of this house for about a week on their pilgrimage. It is nice to see where they are headed in the spring. Thank you for such beautiful footage of these amazing creatures.
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I live in Florida and it is mid August. It is hard to believe but a whistling duck has laid 15 eggs in a next box in my yard. Can you tell me the incubation period? Is it 25-30 days after the last egg is born or the first egg is born? Do they lay one egg per day?
Congratulations!! We have one laying right now. Did you open the box, or do you have a camera? Both the male and female incubate, so there should be one in there all the time. I think they usually start incubating about a day or two before the last egg is laid. It's around 30 days. We've had a problem with fire ants getting in the box in the last few days - they can hear or smell the babies hatching. If you could quietly spray the post with some ant spray - just enough to go all the way around, it would be good. Only one incubates at a time, but when the babies start hatching, 1-2 days before the parents bring them out, both birds will be in the box. The male will usually spend a lot of time on the top checking for predators the day before, sometimes earlier, and especially that morning. They bring them out as early as 7am, but sometimes it can be as late as noon. We had a box that I wasn't really watching carefully, but I saw that behavior one morning and put a camera on the box and let the video run. When I checked it they had brought 20 (!) babies out, and that was about 2 weeks ago - the new pair is now laying in that box. Good luck!
wow... good job daddy... they are so beautiful... this is the first time i see the babies.... love'em
Thank you!
Duck is cool
Thank you Jagna!
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How do the babies get back in the nesting box? I can't figure it out. Does the mother pick them up somehow?!?!?! Or do they never go back once they are hatched? I am guessing they do not go back as I can not see their mom carrying them like kittens are by their momma.
Such beautiful birds!
Once they jump, they never go back in the box. The parents watch out for them and keep them hidden in the grass and safe from predators. Thanks for watching and asking!
Amazing
Thank you Omar!
Great video! So exciting! I spotted two Black-bellied Whistling Ducks at the Levee Exhibit and Garden by the London Avenue Canal today in New Orleans. The bills are very red in sunlight. These duckies are also very small with those big curious eyes!
Thanks Sandy! Glad you got to see some in person!
Loved it! Awesome moment capture!
Thanks so much Debbie!
What a great video! Thanks for sharing :)
Thanks! I just gave you another link on the other video in reply to your comment: ua-cam.com/video/o7qagwD475o/v-deo.html
very beautiful vidéo,i love whistling ducks,nice choice of music,congratulations and greetings from France.
Thanks so much - I'm glad you enjoyed it!
my precious baby black bellied whistling duck sadly passes this morning miss him so much
I'm so sorry... Even the professional rehabbers have a very hard time raising them, they have a low survival rate away from their parents.
lovely!
que bien defendiendo si familia
Amazing!
Wonderful moment!!
Awesome
Glad you enjoyed it!
Q alguien me comente cuantos dias tarda un huevo de pichiche en nacer
Very, very beautiful video 👏🙏🎥 Big like!!
Thank you so much!
que coisa.
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Immediately!
I'm in Florida also, and a pair of black-bellied whistling ducks just showed up at my backyard bird feeder in the last few days. I live on a canal with some large oak trees leaning over the water. Would that be a good place to set up a nest box? It is now May 16th. Has the nesting season in South Florida already passed?
They may have started nesting, but they will probably nest for the next couple of months I would guess - you'll a large Wood Duck box and the opening should be about 4" w x 3 1/2" high. We put cedar shavings in the bottom. Try to put it where it won't get direct sun in the middle of the day - there's no insulation like in a tree.
Put a predator guard on the post, and spray ant spray on the post UNDER the predator guard - fire ants will hear/smell the babies and attack the hatchlings if you don't - never put it on a tree for that reason. There is usually some sort of wire on the front wall to help the babies get to the hole, but nothing they could get caught in - check out WD box plans on-line or buy a very large WD box. Good luck!
name first song please
+alex ramiro "Simple Beauty"
Omg 😍😍😍😍
Does any one know about where u can sell these ducks ?
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Wow, very smart and beautiful ducks! This winter i'm going to New Orleans and hoping to see some Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks. I heard there were huge numbers of them at Audubon Park. These are my favorite animals. Do you have any recommendations for where I should go?
Are you gonna blast some? They are good table fare. 🍺🍺
Beautiful, did you modify the hole from wood duck size to accommodate black bellies?
This is terrific footage.
Thank you Judith!