April 26th Momma Duck and 8 Eggs

I checked the eggs at 8:30 this morning. I couldn't tell that the momma duck was in the nest when I walked up to it. As soon as I touched the grasses she flew out of the nest and scared me half to death. Since she hasn't been around I wasn't expecting her to be there. I think I scared her too. I hurried and took her picture and then took my kindergartner to school. When I came back the momma was gone so I took a picture of her nest. We are up to 8 eggs now! When I was going in the house I saw the momma and the male flying together northward.

1:30 PM . I went outside to check the mail and found the momma duck on the neighbor's lawn looking for food (probably bugs). There are some workers over at the other neighbor's house so she might be keeping her distance. I'm so glad she came back. I was afraid that I might have scared her off for good this morning.