Ducklings Jump from Nest 50 Feet in the Air

It's raining ducks...merganser ducklings to be exact.
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Hooded merganser ducklings brave a 50-foot drop from their nest high in a tree to the forest floor below. They are following the calls of their mother who is waiting to reunite with them at a lake nearby.

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[annarlucas]

Imagine you walking through that forest and see these fluffy cutieballs dropping out of the tree
lovely scene

[lotusfae]

This is the cutest thing ever filmed. EVER.

[mochavilla]

Aww the way they bounce when they hit the ground is so adorable.

[moontea]

*mom* when you're 18 minutes old. you're out of my house!

[JanusHoW]

Fun fact - hooded mergansers and wood ducks will sometimes lay eggs in each other's nests. Their nesting habits and even incubation periods are virtually the same, so it's not unlikely that if you have both species in the area, you might see a few wood ducklings following a hooded merganser, or hooded merganser babies following a wood duck mother.

[zemanarab]

So if your friends jumped off a 50ft tree, would you??? 😂

[HannahElise]

i don't understand how this made me so happy

[oghoplp]

I just finished watching a video about chicks jumping from a rocky cliff and I’m so glad these had leaves to cushion their fall unlike the others😭

[alaviaro]

2:34 "No.. No.. Nooo.. Im not ready yet"

[leanmeat]

They r so young yet so brave! The leaves act like a trampoline to break the fall. Those ducks r having a good time.

[Shinzon]

We have this happen for the canadian geese in my town... we have nesting geese on the roof of the local hospital, and they suicide jump off a 30 foot tall roof onto the lawn... little squecking balls of fluff ping ponging off the ground is something highly amusing.

[WJen]

That first climb to the hole looked hard enough...
"YES finally made it to the hole! What was that, 3 feet? 5 feet? Hard part's over, can't get any worse than- Oh come ON"

[Hiroko]

So cute when they bounce at the bottom. I think its ok cuz the forest floor is made of leaves so its a natural cushion that breaks their fall

[malcolmtyler]

Imagine how tiny the camera man had to be to film inside that tree

[jaredcool]

mom : if your friends jumped off a 50ft building, would you?
me :

[Amtcboy]

Very tame compared to Barnacle goslings jumping off rocky cliffs

[HenrythePaleoGuy]

I love how fluffy these little dudes are. :)

[jmattlife]

And we think human life is rough?
Haha! Glad I’m not a Barnacle goose.
In life, we all must take a leap of faith.
Kudos to the survivors!!!

[TrixAreForKicks]

why did i laugh so hard when the three jumped together

[rajmeena]

An Arctic barnacle gosling watching this from a distance and thinking, " this must be how landing on the world's softest cushion feels like, lucky bastards".