Eight Eggs

While mowing on Tuesday evening Ben found an egg in the yard...a rather larger egg and called Gabi over to take a look. Gabi and her friend suggested finding a safe place to put it and while looking behind a bush beside the house, found a nest full of the same eggs! Ben instructed Gabi to put on gloves and carefully place the egg back into the nest. She did so, and with extreme caution ;) and with excitement, she ran in to tell me what they had found...a nest of duck eggs! While showing it off, the mama and daddy duck flew over head to the next door neighbor's roof to watch intently. We decided to leave and head in for the night hoping the mama would come back to sit on the nest. She did...we checked and she had come back. We are very excited to see the new little ducklings. I read up on them and it says 28 days. Not knowing how long they have been there, we will keep checking every now and then. Gabi counted 8 eggs.
Should get interesting with the big black creature who lives with us...haha. We will keep her at bay as much as possible though. How fun!