[J]
I just helped this guy rescue some ducklings from being squished on I-40. Their mama had been hit when I passed by and the whole bunch of them were entering the road. We stopped and tried to grab them, but they were running into traffic. We had to wait until they got to the median to scoop them up.
Three of them didn't make it, but four little puff balls of ducky goodness are now bundled off to the man's farm.
Joy!
I couldn't really hear what the man said over the traffic, but I think he said they were wood ducks? The ducklings looked kinda like this, which would be about right:
ETA: you know, all ducklings look the same to me. And, uh, I couldn't tell what plumage mama bird had. So screw it. They were anonymous ducks.