TxDOT workers in Austin reunite ducklings with mother duck

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) workers in Austin recently helped reunite a mother duck and her ducklings .

“I wish I had audio of the reunion,” TxDOT Master plumber Jesse Cordell said, “Because they got real noisy once they spotted mom, and she put on an amazing show rounding them back up.”

The workers noticed five ducklings had fallen down a storm drain and were separated from their mother by the grate.

“They were able to rescue two of the five ducklings by removing the grates and reaching down into the storm drain. But the other three ducks, startled by seeing their siblings grabbed, retreated down the pipes and out of reach,” TxDOT said.

The remaining ducklings were lured out with duck-noise audio from the worker’s cell phones.

“Once all five ducklings had been retrieved and safely protected in a cardboard box, the rescue team looked around the campus for their mother. They found her in a stormwater retention pond and reunited the happy family,” TxDOT said.

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