Ducks may take to water, but there are limits. All one has to do is Google “duckling storm drain” on the Internet to see a raft of duckling rescues.
Locally, during the early stages of what turned out to be a week-long soaking, Longmont authorities took the time to rescue some ducklings on Thursday.
A photo shows Longmont Animal Control officer Diane Milford struggling to hold onto eight ducklings after rescuing them from a storm drain along Sunset Street, near Pike Road. It took Milford about 90 minutes, and the help of a Longmont utilities employee, to remove them from the drain.
The ducklings were taken to Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. “I like rescuing ducks,” Milford said.
Meanwhile:
• On Monday in Skokie, Ill., from a storm drain.
• Seven ducklings were rescued from a , on Tuesday.
• Eight duckings were rescued by firefighters from a on Thursday.
• Several ducklings were rescued by animal control workers from a storm drain in Worcester, Mass., on Friday.
• Six more were ., by Sauk County Humane Society workers.
• There are many, many more, including on Monday and ., last weekend. Longmont Times-Call and wire reports
