Ms O Sullivan went on lots of walks over the last few weeks and guess what she saw? A mammy duck and her babies!
One day Ms O Sullivan was walking along the canal and she heard lots of quacking and chirping. When she looked she saw a mammy duck with lots of ducklings swimming around her. The mammy duck was quacking for them to come back to her.
The first picture shows the mammy duck and 5 of her ducklings. Do you remember the song '5 Little Ducks'
The second picture shows the mammy and daddy ducks with all the ducklings. The mammy duck is called a hen and she is brown and white. The daddy duck is called a drake and he is grey and white and black and green.
The last picture shows the mammy with all of her ducklings. There are 11 ducklings!
When the mammy duck lays her eggs she sits on them to keep them warm. After about 28 days the eggs start to hatch. When all the ducklings have hatched the mammy duck will bring them to the water. Ducks eat lots of different things. They eat plants, seeds, insects, worms and snails.
Can you draw a duck? This YouTube clip might help you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_BA5NzVfio Send your pictures to kids@stphilipsjns.ie and put your teacher’s name in the subject box.
Did you go on a walk over the Easter break? Tell us about it by drawing a picture or even make a short video about it and send it to kids@stphilipsjns.ie.
