Yesterday however, another duckling arrived, so they can keep each other company in the spacious enclosure.
They tend to stick close together, a healthy survival instinct.
As you can see, the incipient feathers have appeared and the ducklings have lost most of their soft down. This means they are probably around three weeks old.We also received a starling with a broken leg.
These pictures make him look far worse off than he is actually. If it is one thing we have learned about starlings, it is that they are survivors.Meanwhile, any approaches to photograph our young skunk during her waking hours were not received well, so I didn't push my luck.
Sally, our resident mature skunk, is very affectionate and good-natured. Earlier this year though, Sally accidentally partially sprayed one of our workers. Even though these animals are cute, it is important to remember at all times that the type of animals typically cared for at the AWI are wild animals, and can't be treated as pets.
Sally