Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-07-24 | Page 14 | Joe Vincent Garden Haven for Ducks other Creatures Pay Frequent Visits

Joe Vincent Garden Haven for Ducks OuO V 1 f f 4 f f Mother Webfoot Makes 1 Annual Sojourn SojournS S Other ther Creatures Pay Frequent Visits I By TF Wendell endell Ashton Th There's Theres rs one duck that Isn't tou soup at atoc Joe oc Vincents Vincent's I In fact Vincent one of the states state's most enthusiastic feeds and cares ares for this duck ItS as though It were a pet chow chow Ever Every spring for the past four years ears eais one ne female mallard webfoot t has been making Its nest In the picturesque Vincent back yard When the duck first makes Its appearance It Is Is ac accompanied accompanied ac- ac companied by a male The latter re remains remains remains re- re mains with Mrs Duck until the hatch and nd then bids his farewell to Salt Lake Where he journeys Is a a. mys- mys t tory ery rr But the consensus of ot opinion I Is that hat he wings his way to lakes and marshes as does his mate mafe later on Peculiar as It may seem eem Mother Duck uck has never nc been dropped to the ground with a shower of scatter gunshot gunshot gunshot gun gun- shot while willIe she he Is wandering about the verdant green of natures nature's wilds FATHER DEPARTS The mallard pair make their first local visit In February or March The white snowy eggs are arc couched In an Inviting nest at the Vincent garden After the eggs have hatched and Father Duck h has made his departure Mrs Duck goes oes about teaching the youngsters how to feed swim and finally fly The ducklings are ready to fly 60 days after hatching As soon toon as they are able to flap their wings they fly flyaway flyaway away accompanied by th their lr mother Usually there ore are seven eggs to each eachor of or the hatches In the past Mrs Duck Duc has reared only one hatch In her Salt Lake haven but this year she h basil has 11 already cared for two sets ets Mrs Duck visits the Vincent home until late In August when instinct calls her sou south tho TUTORS YOUNG Right no now the ed feathe-ed friend Is going about tutoring a hatch o of youngsters Mother Duck is not an ordinary barnyard foul but rather a genuine mallard of the wilds Her first visit was voluntary and with kind treatment she has continued her Jaunts to the local home But Mrs Duck is not the only visitors of or the wilds to the Vincent garden Quail squirrels and porcupines porcupines porcu porcu- pines are arc not uncommon Recently a mother quill hurler with young was found at the haunt