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Narrator: WE'VE KNOWN THEM
FROM CHILDHOOD...

CHARMING, FUNNY BİRDS

THAT FLOAT İN THE TUB.

BUT DUCKS ARE FULL OF
SURPRIİISES.

OLDER THAN WHALES,
THEY WERE ONE OF

THE FİRST CREATURES TO RETURN
FROM LAND TO THE SEA.

SUPREMELY ADAPTABLE,

THEY HAVE CONOUERED
EVERY KIND OF WATER.

INTENSELY SOCLUİAL,

THEY HAVE RITUALS THAT REACH
BACK MILLIONS OF YEARS.

PROVEN SURVIİVORS,

THEY'RE A PERFECT BLEND
OF WINGS

AND WIND

AND WATER.

INTRODUCİNG DUCKS,

A COLORFUL CAST
OF TRUE ORİĞİNALS.

Narrator: FOR 32 DAYS,
THEY'VE BEEN DEVELOPİNG,

GROWIİNG, TRANSFORMİNG.

NOW, THEİR TIİME HAS COME.

URGENTLY, THEY BEĞİN KNOCKIİNG ON
THE DOOR TO THE OUTSİDE WORLD...

READY TO BREAK THROUGH.

İN THEİR FİRST MOMENTS OF LİFE,

YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY ARE
ANCIENT CREATURES.

THERE ARE SHADES OF DINOSAUR

OR MINIATURE DRAGON
ABOUT THEM.

BUT AS SOON AS THEY'VE HAD
A CHANCE TO DRY

AND FLUFF UPALİTTLE,
TS EASY TO SEE

WHAT THEY REALLY ARE --

BRIGHT EYED,
DOWNY DUCKLINGS.

EACH EGĞG WAS LAID A DAY APART,

BUT THEY ALLHATCH
TOGETHER WITHIN 24 HOURS.

THEY WILL FACE THE WORLD
ASA FAMILY.

THEY RECOGNIİZE THEİR MOTHER
BY HER FAMILIAR VOICE.

SHE'S BEEN SOFTLY COOIİNG TO THEM
THROUGH THEİR SHELLS

FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

THEY İMPRİNT ON HER

THEMOMENT İTHEY SEE HER -

SEALING A BOND THAT'S THE KEY
TO THEİR SURVİVAL.

BUT EVEN AS THEY NESTLE
INTO HER FEATHERS,

BUT EVEN AS THEY NESTLE
INTO HER FEATHERS,

A COMBINATION OF
EXCİTEMENT AND HUNGER

MAKES THEM EAGER
TO LEAVE THE NEST.

MAKES THEM EAGER
TO LEAVE THE NEST.

AND AT DAWN
THE VERY NEXT MORNIİNG

AND AT DAWN
THE VERY NEXT MORNIİNG

AFTER THEY HATCH,
THEİR MOTHER LEAVES

AND BEGĞIİNS TO CALL TO THEM.

I CALLING l

SHE'S CALLING THEM
OUT OF THENEST.

THEY DON'T HESİTATE.

WIİTH SMALL, SHARP CLAWS ON
THE ENDS OF THEİR WEBBED TOES,

THEY CLIMB THE SIDES
OF THE NEST.

A DAUNTIİNG REALİTY
IS WAİTİING FOR EACH OF THEM.

THEİR SAFE AND COZY HOME
IS SOME 70 FEET UP

IN THE HOLLOW OF

AN OAK TREE.

İTS JUST THE SECOND DAY
OF HER LİFE.

SHE CAN'I FLY.

AT THIS STAGE,
SHE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE

ANY WINGS TO SPEAK OF.

BUT SHE CAN SEE THE GROUND
FAR BELOW...

AND HEAR
HER MOTHER'S CALLS.

( DUCK CALLING l

MAYBE COURAGE
COMES FROM NECESSİTY...

MAYBE İT COMES İN KNOWIİNG FROM
BIRTH EXACTILY WHAT TO DO.

SHE WEİGHS
LESS THAN AN OUNCE,

AND LANDS SOFTLY AND SAFELY

IN THE LEAF LİTTER BELOW.,

AND OÖNE BY OÖNE,

DUCKLİNGS RAİN DOWN

FROM THE TALL OAK TİREE.

THE SIBLİNGS RALLY TOGETHER
ON THE FOREST FLOOR.

I CALLING l

THEİR MOTHER CONTİNUES CALLING

FROM THE MIDDLE OF
A NEARBY POND,

AND WIİTH SİNGLE-MİNDED PURPOSE
AND SURPRIİSİNG SPEED,

HER BROOD SETS OFF TOWARDS HER.

THE TİNY DUCKLİNGS

ARE UNSTOPPABLE.

JUST AHEAD LİIES THE WORLD
THEY WERE MADE FOR.

AND THEY TAKE TO
THEPONDLİKE...

WELL, DUCKS TO WATER.

OUT ON THE POND,
A VİSİON AWAİTS THEM.

RESPLENDENT İN FEATHERS OF
GREEN AND CHESTNUT,

ORNATELY PATTERNED
AND TRIİMMED IN WHİTE,

WIİTH BİLL AND EYES
OF BLAZING RED.

THE DUCKLIİNGS' PARENTS ARE
NORTH AMERIİCAN WOOD DUCKS,

DAZZLING MEMBERS OF A REMARKABLE
GROUP OF WATERFOWL.

DUCKS ARE COMPLEX CHARACTERS...

FASCINATING AND FUNNY...

SOPHISTICATED...

AND SILLY.

AND SILLY.

MUCH OF THEİR LİVES
WE NEVER SEE,

MUCH OF THEİR LİVES
WE NEVER SEE,

YET THEY SEEM AS FAMILIAR
AS A NURSERY RHYME.

THERE ARE PINTAILS
AND BUFFLEHEADS,

EİDERS, WIDGEONS,

CANVASBACKS,

AND GREEN-WIİNGED TEALS.

MORE THAN 120 DİFFERENT
SPECİES İN ALL.

ON THE LAND THEY WADDLE.

A COMICAL COMBO OF
STOUT BODIES, SHORT LEGS,

WEBBED FEET, ANDA GUACK.

I OUACKING l

BUT İN THE WATER, THEY GLIDE,

EACH ONE A SEA-WORTHY
LİTTLE SHIP

IN WATERTİĞHT FEATHERS.

IN THE AİR,
DUCKS ARE POWERFUL FLYERS.

WINGING THEİR WAY
ACROSS CONTİNENTS,

SOME TRAVELİNG THOUSANDS
OF MİLES İN A SİNGLE YEAR.

BUT NO MATTER
WHERE THEY'RE HEADED,

ALL DUCKS COME HOME
TO WATER.

TS IN WATER
THAT THEY MAKEALIVING.

OUR WOOD DUCKLİNGS WERE BORN
KNOWİING THIİS.

NO PARENT PROVIİDES FOR THEM.

THEY START FEEDİNG
ALL ON THEİR OWN

THE MINUTE THEY ENTER
THE WATER.

THEİR POND İN SPRİNG 15 BRİMMİNG
WIİTH GOOD THIİNGS TO EAT.

TINY CRUSTACEANS

AND THE LARVAE OF
AOUATIC INSECTS

CLOUD THE WATER,

TURNIİNG THE PONDİNTO
A VERİTABLE DUCK SOUP.

ALTHOUGH WOOD DUCKS
DİNE ON MANY PLANTS,

LİTTLE WOODIES NEED MORE PROTEİN
IN THEİR FİRST WEEKS OF LİFE

WHIİLE THEY'RE
BULDİING THEİR BODİES.

THEY SIFT THROUGH
THE GOOEY PONDWEED,

HARVESTİNG TİNY İNVERTEBRATES
FROM THE GREENERY.

THEİR MOTHER 1S NEVER
FAR AWAY.

BUT THEY DON'T NEED HER
TO TEACH THEM THE ROPES -

THEY NEED HER TO PROTECT THEM.

FOR, LİKE ALL DUCKLINGS,

THE WOODIES HAVE ENTERED
THE FOOD CHAIN

SMACK İN THE MİDDLE.

THEİR POND MAY BE SMALL,
BUT 1T'S COMPLETE.

HAWKS,

FOXES,

EVEN NEİGHBORHOOD CATS

TAKE A TERRİBLE TOLL
ON LİTTLE DUCKLİNGS.

LARGE MOUTHED BASS
AND HUNGRY SNAPPİNG TURTLES

LURK İN THE MURKY WATERS.

İN SOME YEARS, 9 OUT OF 10 WOOD
DUCKLIİNGS FALL TO PREDATORS

WIİTHIİN THEİR FIRST TWO WEEKS.

AND THEY ARE VULNERABLE
EVEN WHEN FULL GROWN.

THOUĞH THE DUCKLINGS MAY LOOK UP
TO THEİR PARENTS,

THE ADULTIS ARE ONLY

SIX OR SEVEN İNCHES TALL

AND WEİGH ONLY ABOUT
A POUNDANDAHALF.

CANADA GEESE TOWER OVER THEM.

I GEESE HONKING l

I GEESE HONKING l

SO FAR THIS SEASON,

SO FAR THIS SEASON,

OUR WOOD DUCK FAMILY
HAS BEEN LUCKY.

THEİR POND HAS BEEN
A REMARKABLY SAFE PLACE.

THEİR POND HAS BEEN
A REMARKABLY SAFE PLACE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY,

AT THE END OF THE DAY,

THE MOTHER SHEPHERDS HER BROOD
TOASECLUDED SPOT

THAT OFFERS COVER
AND PROTECTİON.

A MALE WOOD DUCKS TAKES NO PART
IN RAİISİING THE FAMİLY.

A MALE WOOD DUCKS TAKES NO PART
IN RAİISİING THE FAMİLY.

HE WIİLL REST AFLOAT
IN THE CENTER OF THEPOND..

HE WIİLL REST AFLOAT
IN THE CENTER OF THEPOND..

OR, TRUE TO HİS NAME,

FLY UP INTO
THE SAFETY OF THE TREES

TO ROOST FOR THE NİGHT.

A DUCK'SİDENTİTY

LİIES İN MORE THAN
TS NAME.

İT ALLSTARTS WITH
HOW AND WHERE İT EATS.

THERE'S THE WATER'S SURFACE,

WHERE "DABBLERS"
FLOAT ALONG...

SCOOPİNG UP ALL KINDS OF
PLANTIS AND CREATURES

THAT CONVENIİENTLY COLLECT
AND GROW THERE.

( THUNDER RUMBLING l

BUT THERE'S OFTEN SOMETHİNG
WORTH EATING

A LİTTLE BİT DEEPER...

A LİTTLE BİT DEEPER...

AND WIİTH HEAD DOWN
AND BOTTOMS UP,

THEY CAN JUST REACHİT.

OTHER DUCKS

GO DEEPER.

THEY'RE "DİVERS,"

FINDING FOOD ALONG
ROCKY AND SANDY FLOORS

THAT DABBLİNG DUCKS
CAN'T REACH.

UP AND DOWN THEY GO,

BRINGIİNG UP
THE DAIİLY CATCH.

OF COURSE, İTHERE'S ALWAYS
SOMEONE WHO WANTS IT BOTH WAYS.

OF COURSE, İTHERE'S ALWAYS
SOMEONE WHO WANTS IT BOTH WAYS.

BUFFLEHEADS ARE DIİVİNG DUCKS,

BUT THIS LİTTLE FEMALE

HAS SPIED SOMETHİNG DELİCİOUS
JUST BENEATH THE SURFACE.

SHE'S NOT GOOD AT DABBLİNG,
BUT SHE CAN'TI RESİST.

SHE GETS NO POİNTS
FOR STYLE,

BUT SHE DOES GET HER PRİZE.

DUCKLİINGS KNOW

İF THEY ARE DİVERS OR DABBLERS
RIGHT FROM THE START.

AND THESE LİTTLE RUDDY DUCKS
WERE BORN TO DIİVE --

AND THESE LİTTLE RUDDY DUCKS
WERE BORN TO DIİVE --

JUST LİKE THEİR DAD.

THE DUCKLINGS USE THEİR ENORMOUS
FEET TO PROPEL THEM DOWN.

İT MAY BE SIİX WEEKS

BEFORE THE LİTTLE RUDDİES
TAKE TO THEAİR...

BUT IN WATER,
THEY ALREADY SEEM TOFLY.

GROWING UP TO BE
JUST LİKE THEİR PARENTS

IS TRICKIER FOR
OTHER CHICKS.

THIS DEVOTED MOTHER AND HER
BRIGHT YELLOW DUCKLİNGS

ARE ACTUALLY
NOT RELATEDAT ALL.

SHE'S A FEMALE LESSER SCAUP,

SHE'S A FEMALE LESSER SCAUP,

AND ON CLOSE İNSPECTİON,

THE LİTTLE YELLOW CHIİCKS
ARE REDHEAD DUCKLIİNGS.

THEY WILL DEVELOP İNTO ADULTS
THAT LOOK LİKE THİS.

THEY WILL DEVELOP İNTO ADULTS
THAT LOOK LİKE THİS.

REDHEAD FEMALES MAKE A PRACTICE
OF LAYING SOME EGGS

REDHEAD FEMALES MAKE A PRACTICE
OF LAYING SOME EGGS

İN ANOTHER DUCK'S NEST,

LEAVING THE RAİISING

AND PROTECTİNG OF THE HATCHLİNGS
TO SOMEONE ELSE.

AND PROTECTİNG OF THE HATCHLİNGS
TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THE DUCKLİNGS İMPRİNT
ON THEİR FOSTER MOTHER,

THE DUCKLİNGS İMPRİNT
ON THEİR FOSTER MOTHER,

AND SHE DOESN'T SEEM TO NOTİCE
THAT THEY'RE DİFFERENT.

THE YELLOW CHICKS TAG ALONG

WIİTH THE DARK SCAUP CHİICKS

IN ÖONE BİG
BLENDED FAMIİLY.

IN ÖONE BİG
BLENDED FAMIİLY.

BUT WHEN THE ADOPTED CHICKS

BUT WHEN THE ADOPTED CHICKS

GROW UP, THEY İN TURN

WILL LAY EĞGGS
İN ANOTHER DUCK'S NEST.

İTS A HEDGE
AĞAINST BAD LUCK,

AND SHOULD A PREDATOR
RAID THEİR OWN NESTS,

HAVING SOME EGGS

"İN ANOTHER BASKET"
ISAPRETİY GOOD BACKUP PLAN.

OF ALL THE THİNGS THAT SHAPE
A DUCK'S CHARACTER,

WATER IS ONE OF
THE MOST POWERFUL.

WATER IS ONE OF
THE MOST POWERFUL.

FROM HIĞGH ENERGY WATERS
LİIKE THIS

COMES A VERY DİFFERENT DUCK.

COMES A VERY DİFFERENT DUCK.

TORRENT DUCKS REVELİN
THE TUMULTUOUS MOUNTAİN RİVERS

TORRENT DUCKS REVELİN
THE TUMULTUOUS MOUNTAİN RİVERS

OF THE ANDES
IN SOUTH AMERİCA.

THEY'RE THE WHİTEWATER
ADRENALINE JUNKIES

OF THE DUCK WORLD,

FEARLESSLY LEAPING IİNTO
THE FASTEST WATER THEY CAN FIND.

EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM
IS DESİĞNED FOR THİS,

FROM THEİR EXTRA THİCK
RUBBERY FEET,

TO THEİR LONG, STİFF,
RUDDER-LİKE TALL.

TO THEİR LONG, STİFF,
RUDDER-LİKE TALL.

THIS COLD, CLEAR WATER,
HOWEVER, IS NOT RICH İN FOOD,

THIS COLD, CLEAR WATER,
HOWEVER, IS NOT RICH İN FOOD,

SO EACH PAIİR OF TORRENTS
STAKES OUT A SIİRETCH OF RİVER

SO EACH PAIİR OF TORRENTS
STAKES OUT A SIİRETCH OF RİVER

AND DEFENDS İT
FOR ALL THEY'RE WORTH.

AND DEFENDS İT
FOR ALL THEY'RE WORTH.

THEY ARE ONE OF
THE VERY FEW DUCKS

TO REOUİRE THEİR OWN
TERRİTORİES.

TO REOUİRE THEİR OWN
TERRİTORİES.

İT'S ALLABOUT SECURİNG
ENOUGĞGH FOOD TO RAİSE A FAMİLY,

İT'S ALLABOUT SECURİNG
ENOUGĞGH FOOD TO RAİSE A FAMİLY,

AND TO TAKE CARE OF HERS,

THE ORANGE-BREASTED FEMALE

SETS OFF ON
A SURPRIİSİNG CLİMB.

SHE'S SITTING ON EGGS

ON A CLIİFFHANGER
OFANEST.

İT'S A HOME MADE OF MOSS
COVERED WIİTH A GUllLT OF DOWN.

AND IT'S PERCHED SOME 60 FEET
ABOVE THE RİVER.

AND IT'S PERCHED SOME 60 FEET
ABOVE THE RİVER.

LONG BEFORE THEY'RE BORN,
TORRENT DUCKLINGS ARE ACCUSTOMED

LONG BEFORE THEY'RE BORN,
TORRENT DUCKLINGS ARE ACCUSTOMED

TOTHECONSTANT ROAR
OF WHİTEWATER.

THEİR FATHER, İN STRIİKİNG
BLACK AND WHIİTE PLUMAĞGE,

REMAINS ON PATROL,

WATCHING OVER
THEİR TERRİTORY.

THE DUCKLİINGS ARE STRONG
SWIİMMERS FROM THE GET-GO.

THESE ROUGH WATERS
ARE THEİR WORLD,

AND THEY'RE BORN
READY FOR İT.

THE WOODIES TAKE THEİR MORNİNG
SWIM İN MUCH CALMER WATERS.

DUCKLINGS GROW UP FAST,

AND OURS HAVE ALREADY
TURNED İNTO TEENAGERS.

THEY STIİLL HANG OUT TOGETHER,

ABSORBED WIİTH TAKING CARE OF
THEİR SLEEK NEW FEATHERS.

THEY WON'T NEED
THEİR MOTHER MUCH LONGER.

THEY WON'T NEED
THEİR MOTHER MUCH LONGER.

THE YOUNG WOODIES HAVE ALREADY
TAKEN A MOMENTOUS STEP,

THE YOUNG WOODIES HAVE ALREADY
TAKEN A MOMENTOUS STEP,

ONE THAT WILL
CHANGE THEİR LİVES.

THEY HAVE FINALLY
LEARNED HOW TOFLY.

GETTİNG UP İNTO THEAİR
IS A COMPLİICATED EXERCİSE,

ESPECİALLY FOR DUCKS.

THEY HAVE RELATİVELY SMALL
AND POİNTY WINGS,

AND TWO VERY DİFFERENT
FLIĞHT PLANS.

AND TWO VERY DİFFERENT
FLIĞHT PLANS.

SURFACE DABBLING DUCKS,

WIİTH SMALL,
LIGHT BODIES,

CAN RIİSE STRAİGHT UP,

ASCENDİNG ALMOST VERTIİCALLY
INTO THE AİR.

HEAVIER BODIED
DIVING DUCKS

NEED A LONG WATERY RUNWAY

TO GET ENOUGHLİFT
TO TAKE OFF...

AND İT TAKESALOT OF FLAPPIİNG

TO GET A CHUBBYLİTTLE
BUFFLEHEAD AİRBORNE.

ÖNCE İN THE AİR,

DUCKS MAINTAIN
A FAST PACE.

THEY DON'T HAVE
THE WIİNGS FOR SOARING.

A BALD EAGLE LOOKS EFFORTLESS
ALONGSİDE HARDWORKİNG PINTALİLS.

BUT EVEN FOR AN EAGLE,

DUCKS ARE HARD TO
KEEP UP WITH.

GİVEN THEİR BODY-TO-WIİNG RATIO,

DUCKS NEED TOFLYAT
HIGH SPEEDS TOFLYATALL.

REMARKABLY,

DELİCATE LİTTLE
GREEN-WIİNGED TEALS

HAVE BEEN CLOCKED
AT ALMOST

100 MİLES AN HOUR.

BY MID-SUMMER,
IN DUCK WATERS EVERYWHERE,

ALL THE DUCKS
HAVE VANISHED.

I OUACKING l

BUT THEY HAVEN'İ FLOWN AWAY.

( DUCKS OUACKINCG l

YOU CAN STILL HEAR
THE UNMISTAKABLE SOUND

OF 10,000 DUCKS CHATTING
ACROSS THE EMPTY WATER.

THEY'RE HIDING...

RELYİNG ON THE TALL REEDS
FOR COVER.

ALL BIRDS GO THROUGH MOLT,

REPLACING WORN
AND TATTERED FEAİTHERS

WIİTH NEW ONES.

USUALLY, THEY REPLACE
FLİIĞHT FEATHERS ONEATA TİME

SO THEY CAN CONTİNUE TOFLY.

BUT, IN A BOLD MOVE,

DUCKS DROP ALL THEİR
FLİIĞHT FEATHERS AT ONCE.

THEY ARE
TEMPORARILY GROUNDED.

SURROUNDED BY PLENTY TO EAT,

THEY DON'T NEED TO
TAKE TO THE AİR.

YET FOR THENEXT
THREE OR FOUR WEEKS,

WIİTH NO WAY TO FLY FROM DANGER,

THEY ARE ALL
"SİTTİNG DÜUCKS."

I OUACKING l

BY LATE SUMMER,
WHEN THE MOLT 1S OVER,

ALL THE DAMAGĞED,
WORN OUT FEATHERS

HAVE BEEN REPLACED WIİTH STRONG,
FLEXİBLE NEW ONES.

AND THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL --

INTRICATELY PATTERNED

AND SHİMMERIİNG
WIİTH COLOR.

SOME FEATHERS
ARE RİCH İN DARK PİGMENTS

THAT HELP MAKE THEM STRONG
AND RESİSTANT TO WEAR AND TEAR.

BUT THE MOST DAZZLING HUES

COME FROM TİNY CRYSTALS
IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE FEATHER

THAT SCATTER LIGHT
IN SPECİFİC WAYS.

TS NATURE'S NANOTECHNOLOGY

THAT MAKES THE İRIİDESCENT
PURPLES AND BLUES,

AND THE BRIİLLİANT GREENS,
THAT MANY DUCKS SEEM TO FAVOR.

STAYING BRİGHT AND SHİNY
USUALLY STARTS WIİTH A BATH.

THERE'S DUST ANDDIRIT
AND PARASİITES TO DEAL WIiTH.

EVERY FEATHER MUST BE COMBED OUT
NICE AND FLAT...

AND THEN WATERPROOFED.

FROMAGLANDAT
THE BASE OF THE TALL,

DUCKS SPREAD A WAXY OİNTMENT
ALL ÖOVER THEİR PLUMAĞGE.

THE WHOLE ROUTİNE

TAKES HOURS OF NIBBLİNG
AND STROKING,

AND ATHLETİC CONTORTİONS

SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.

İT ALLCONCLUDES WIİTH
A SATISFYING STRETCH,

WIİTH EVERY FEATHER
BACK IN PLACE.

BY THE END OF SUMMER,

A YOUNG WOOD DUCK 1S SHOWIİNG

THE FİRST SIĞNS
OF HİS TRUE COLORS.

HE'S ON HIS WAY TO BEİNG
A BEAUTIİFULLY FEATHERED MALE,

BUT IT WILL BE
ANOTHER YEAR YET

BEFORE HE'LL BE READY TO
PUT HIS PLUMAGE TO THE İEST.

IN THE GÖLDEN LİGHT OF OCTOBER,

WIİTH İRİDESCENT FEATHERS
AT THEİR BEST,

WOOD DUCKS GO COURTING.

WOOD DUCKS PAIR UP

MONTHS BEFORE
THE BREEDIİNG SEASON.

THEY GATHER İN LİTTLE GROUPS
OF THEİR OWN.

İ SHRILL SOUAWKING l

MALES TO SHOW OFF
AND OUTDO EACH OTHER...

AND FEMALES
TO PİCKA NEW PARITINER.

WOOD DUCK FIDELİTY
ONLY LASTS A SİNGLE SEASON.

BUT ÖONCE İTHEY HAVE
BECOME A COUPLE,

THEY WILL SPEND THE WİNTER
PERFECTİNG THEİR BOND.

THE YOUNG MALE
IS EAGER TO BE NOTİCED.

HE ATTEMPTS TO
CHAT UP SOME FEMALES...

BUT HE DOESN'Tİ FIND
THE RİIGHT THİNG TO SAY.

I CALLING l

ALL HIS ATTEMPTS TO WOO

GO THE WRONG WAY.

HE'S LEARNING
THE PAİNFUL TRUTH --

THAT THIS GAME
ISNOT UP TOHİM.

İT'S THE FEMALE WHO DECİDES
WHO GETS TO MATE.

ALL THE MALES ARE BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT ELSE
IS SHE LOOKİNG FOR?

ONLY SHE KNOWS FOR SURE --

AND SUDDENLY,

SHE FINDS 1T.

OÖNCE HE'S BEEN CHOSEN,

HE'LL HAVE TO BE
MORE THAN PRETTY.

HE'LL NEED TO WORK HARD
TO PROTECT HER

FROM ALL OTHER MALES.

IF HE DOESN'T,

SHE'LL HAVE ALL WİNTER
TO CHANGE HER MIND.

THEN, AS THE HOURS OF
DAYLIĞHT DWINDLE,

THEİR FOOD SOURCES DIİMİNİSH

AND IT'S TİME
TO HEAD SOUTH.

ALL ACROSS THE NORTH,

TENS OF MILLIONS OF DUCKS
TAKE TO THE AİR.

THEY WILLFLYFOR
MANY THOUSANDS OF MİLES,

FOLLOWİNG ANCIENT ROUTES.

TAKING TURNS FLYING "POIİNT,"

DUCKS OFTEN FORM UP
INTOA'V."

ALL BUT THE LEAD BIRD
FLİES İN THE SLİPSTREAM

OF THE ÖNEİN FRONT OF İT,
SAVING ENERCY.

PRECİSELY HOW THEY NAVIĞATE
IS A MARVEL AND A MYSTERY.

THEY FOLLOW LANDMARKS,

USE THE SUN ASA COMPASS,

AND TRACK ALONG LİNES
OF THE EARTIH'S MAGNETİC FİELD.

OFTEN, THEY DEPART AT DUSK,

RISING WIİTH THE SETTİNG SUN,

WINGIİNG THEİR WAY
INTO THE NİGHT

A MILE OR MORE
ABOVE THE GROUND.

A MAP OF STARS
NOW SPARKLES ABOVE THEM,

GUİDİNG THEM ON THEİR WAY.

İT SEEMS THAT FROM THE FİRST -
FROM THE VERY EGG --

DUCKS KNOW

WHERE THEY ARE GOIİNG.

THEY LAND TO REST AND REFUEL
ALONG TRADITIONAL FLYWAYS.

DUCKS CAN'TI CARRY

RESERVES OF BODY FAT
ON MIGRATION,

AND THEİR HIĞGH SPEED
AND HİGH METABOLİSM

BURN RIĞGHT THROUGH
THEİR LAST MEAL.

THE LOCATION OF
GOOD RE-SUPPLY STOPS

IS WHAT ULTIİMATELY
DETERMIİNES

THE ROUTE THEY CAN TAKE.

BUT İN THE FRENZY TO FEED,

THEY ARE VULNERABLE.

REDHEADS GATHER IN
TIGHT GROUPS,

TAKING TURNS AS LOOKOUTS
WHIİLE THE OTHERS FEED.

GREEN-WINGED TEALS
OFTEN WORK İN PAİRS --

ONE HEAD UP,
THE OTHER HEAD DOWN.

SHOVELERS SWIM IN CLOSE CİRCLES,

CONCENTRATING İNVERTEBRATES
FOR EASIER CAPTURE.

BUT THAT LEAVES THEM WIiTH
NO EYES ON İTHE SKIES.

A NORTHERN HARRIER
HUNTS OVER THE WETLANDS,

LOOKİING FOR AN EXHAUSTED
OR İNJURED BİRD.

BUT ÖNCE ON THE WING,

DUCKS ARE TOO FAST
FOR THE HAWK TO CATCH.

PREDATORS OR NOT,

DUCKS DARE NOT LİNGER

TOOLONG
ON A STOPOVER.

AS THE SHOVELERS KEEP FEEDING,
A SNOW SOUALL

CATCHES UP WITH THEM.

THERE ARE A FEW DUCKS
THAT DEFY WIİNTER.

IN SPİTE OF THE COLD,

COMMON GOLDENEYES
STAY FAR TO THENORTH

İN THE FOOD-RICH
ARCTIC OCEAN,

WHEREVER THERE'S OPEN WATER.

EVEN İN THE DEPTHS OF WIİNTER,
DUCKS STAY A TOASTIY

1059 İNSİDE THEİR
DENSE FEATHERS.

THEİR CHALLENGE IS TO PREVENT
ALL THAT WARMTH FROM ESCAPING

INTO THE İCY WATER THROUGH THEİR
NAKED LEGS AND BİG WEBBED FEET.

THEİR SOLUTTON 1S TO
KEEP THEİR FEET

ALMOST AS COLD
AS THE WATER.

SPECİAL BLOOD VESSELS

COOL THE BLOOD
FLOWING TO THEİR TOES

AND THEN WARM IT
ON THE WAY BACK UP.

THEİR CIİRCULATION STAYS STRONG,

WIİTH NO HEAT
LOST TO THE WATER.

BUT NOW AND THEN,
İT MUST BE NİCE

TOTUCKACOLDFOOTİNTO
SOME NİCE WARM FEATHERS.

İT'S THE FİSHİNG
IN THESE ARCTIC WATERS

THAT MAKES ADAPTING TO
THE COLD WORTHWHİLE.

AND THERE'S NOTHİNG LİKE
A LİTTLE SUCCESS

TOATTRACIT ATTENTİON.

A PAIİR OF
RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS

HAS FLOWN IN
TO TEST THEİR LUCK.

THEİR LONG, SHARP,
SERRATED BİLLS

ARE PERFECTLY DESİĞGNED

FOR SEİZİNG
A SLİPPERY MEAL.

AS WIİNTER DEEPENS,

DENSE FLOCKS OF COMMON EİDERS

CONVERGE ON RARE PATCHES OF
OPEN WATER

IN THE POLAR İCE.

IN TEMPERATURES REACHIİNG
40 BELOW,

İT'S SOMETİMES JUST
THE TİIGHTLY PACKED PRESENCE

OF THE DUCKS THEMSELVES
THAT STOPS THIS

LAST OCEAN PATCH
FROM FREEZIİNG OVER.

WHAT COULD POSSIİBLY KEEP EIDERS
IN THİS İMPOSSİBLE PLACE

THROUGH THE WIİNTER?

THE ANSWER LIES
JUST BENEATH THE İCE.

FİGHTİNG A HEADWIND
OF SWIFT CURRENT,

EİDERS USE THEİR POWERFUL WINGS
TO REACHA SEA FLOOR

COVERED WITH
HIĞH PROTEİN CLAMS,

MUSSELS, AND URCHİNS.

THIS REMARKABLE FOOTAGE
IS UNİOUE,

THE FİRST GLİMPSE OF DÜCKS
FLYING THROUGH THE OCEAN.

İT ALSO SHOWS THEİR DİFFİCULT

AND DANGEROUS WORK.

EİDERS HAVE ONLY
AMINUTE OR SO

BEFORE RUNNIİNG OUT OF AİR,
AND ALARGE FLOCK

CAN EASILY DEPLETE
THE REACHABLE SEABED.

ALL WİNTER, THEY RELY ON
THE CONSTANITLY SHIİFTİNG İCE

TO OPEN UP
NEW FEEDİNG GROUNDS.

ÖNCE THEY'VE PRIED A CLAM LOOSE,

THEY SIİMPLY RELAX,

AND THE AİR İN THEİR FEATHERS
BRINGS THEM

BACK TO THE SURFACE.

THEY SWALLOW THE CATCH WHOLE.

THE CALCIUM-RİICH SHELL

WILL BE GROUND UP
IN THE BİRD'S GİZZARD

AND DİGESTED.

IN THIS WAY,

SEASHELLS WILL RECYCLE
INTO EGGSHELLS

COME THE ARCTIC SPRİNG.

MOST DUCKS HANDLE WIİNTER
BY SIMPLY LEAVING 1T BEHIİND.

IN WETLANDS ACROSS
THE AMERICAN SOUTH,

DUCKS HAVE TAKEN REFUGE
IN BAYOUS, BAYS, AND CREEKS

ALL THROUGH THE LOW COUNTRY.

OUR WOOD DUCK PAİR HAS LANDED
ON A POND İN FLORİDA,

WHICH IS TURNING OUT TO BE
A POPULAR SPOT.

THE COUPLE STAYS SIDE BY SİDE,

ESPECİALLY NOW THAT
OTHER WOOD DUCKS

HAVE GATHERED ON İTHE WATER.

THERE APPEAR TO BE GUİNE A FEW
BACHELORS IN THE GROUP,

AND THOUGHİTT'S NOT
MATING SEASON YET,

THEY'RE ALLLOOKING TO
SECURE A PARTNER.

THE MALE IS ON GÜUARD DÜUTY
EVERY WAKING MOMENT.

MALES OFTEN OUTNUMBER FEMALES,

SO THE OTHERS WILL STEAL HER
IF THEY CAN,

OR AT THE VERYLEAST
HARASS HER CONSTANILY.

THAT'S WHY SHE CHOSE

A PROTECTOR ANDA COMPANION
LONG BEFORE THEY ARRIVED.

WIİTHOUT A BODYGUARD,

A FEMALE
IS İN PHYSICAL DANGER

FROM AGGRESSİVE
AND UNWANTED ATTENTİONS.

( THUNDER CRASHING l

BUT OUR MALE IS PROVIİNG HİMSELF
A WORTHY PARTNER.

HE'S BEEN BY HER SIDE
THROUGH THİCK AND THİN,

RAİN OR SHİNE,
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.

AT LONG LAST,
SPRING 1S ON THE WAY.

THE WOODIES' WORLD
IS TURNİNG GREEN.

WIİTH FOOD SOURCES
DUE TO BLOOMİN THE NORTH,

DUCKS EVERYWHERE ARE GETTİNG
READY FOR SPRİNG MIGRATİION.

AND FOR MOST DUCKS,

THAT CUES
THE MOST SIĞNIFICANT EVENT

OF THE YEAR -

THE ANNUAL SONG AND DANCE

OF COURTSHIP.

MALES DECKED OUT

İN THEİR FİNEST FEATHERS
BEĞİN DOİNG JUST ABOUT ANYIHİNG

TO GET NOTİCED.

I CALLING l

FEMALES ALL ACROSS
THE DUCK WORLD

SIT AND WATCH,
JUDGİNG.

EVERY PERFORMER FOLLOWS
FİNELY TUNED CHOREOGRAPHY

SELECTED AND HONED
OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS

BY THEİR FEMALES,

AS THEY PİICK THE SHOW
THAT PLEASES THEMMOST.

OF COURSE,

MALES GET DISTRACTED
AND JEALOUS

OF ANOTHER'S DISPLAY.

THE MALES GET SO WORKED UP,
THEİR FRUSTRATION SPİLLS OVER

INTO VİOLENT ABUSE
OF THE FEMALES.

DUCKS ARE ONE OF THE FEW BİRDS

THAT SUFFER
FORCED COPULATIONS.

BUT MOSTLY, 1T'S THE FEMALES
WHO CHOOSE THEIİR PARTNERS.

İT'S THE DRAB,
CAMOUFLAGĞGED MOTHERS-TO-BE

WHO ARE ACTUALLY RESPONSIİBLE
FOR THE DASHING COLORS,

THE SPLENDOR OF THE MALES.

THEN THERE'S THE STRANGE CASE OF
THE AUSTRALIAN MUSK DUCK.

İT SEEMS THAT THESE FEMALES

HAVE A VERY DİFFERENT IİDEA
OF GOOD LOOKS.

THEY'VE CULTIVATED MALES
THAT LOOK MUCH LİKE THEMSELVES,

ONLY MUCH LARGER,

AND WIİTH AN ODD, LEATHERY LOBE
BENEATH THEİR BİLLS.

THE MUSK DUCK FANS HİS TALL,
STRIKES A POSE, AND WHIİSTLES.

I CALLING l

TO TOP İT OFF,
HE RELEASES

A MUSKY SCENT.

IF HE GETS İT RİGHT,

THE FEMALE WILL FİND HİM
İRRESİSTİBLE.

OUR FEMALE WOODİE,
LİKE ALL OF HER KIND,

HAS CHOSEN A BEAULY.

HE'S BEEN A FAİTHFUL GUARDIAN
ALL WIİNTER,

AND FINALLY, SHE APPROACHES HIM
AS A PARTNER İN THE DANCE.

SHE PERFORMS A SERIES
OF HEAD BOBS,

SPLASHING WATER
WITH HER BİLL.

HE DELİBERATELY TURNS AWAY

TOSHOWHER
THE BRİGHT WHIİTE STRIPES

ON THE BACK OF HIS CREST.

THEN SHE FLATTENS HERSELF
AĞAINST THE WATER...

A SIĞNAL TO HIM
THAT SHE'S READY TO MATE.

AND SO THE STORY BEĞİNS ANEW.

THE WOOD DUCKS
HAVE CHICKS ON THE WAY.

SHE FİNDS A PROTECTED NEST SİTE
HIĞH UP İN A TALL OAK TREE,

IN A CAVITY WHERE
A TREE BRANCH ONCE GREW.,

DOWN IN THE NEST,
SHE MAKES EVERYİTHING READY.

SHE PLUCKS THE FEATHERS
FROM HER BREAST,

SPREADING OUT THE PERFECT DOWN
BLANKET FOR EGĞGGS AND CHICKS.

HE STANDS GUARD,

KEEPİNG PREDATORS
AWAY FROM THE NEST

AND COMPETİTORS
AWAY FROM HiS FEMALE.

SHE LAYS HER EGGS,

ONE PER DAY,
AND KEEPS THEM WARM,

TURNING THEM,

TALKING TO THEM,
PATIENTLY WAJİTING...

UNTIL THAT MAGIC MOMENT
WHEN EGGS

TURN İNTO DUCKLİNCS.

SOON, THEİR MOTHER
WILL CALL THEM -

CALL THEM OUT TO
A WAİTING WORLD.

(MOTHER DUCK CALLING l

THEY WERE BORN TO MASTER
THE WIİND AND THE WATER,

AND PLUCKING UP
THEİR NEWBORN COURAGE,

THEY ANSWER THE CALL.

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