Ok… they’re not THAT kind of chicks… and technically they are ducklings, but hey, got your attention! And don’t worry, I’m 20+ feet away, using the zoom lens. See more!

My new office has windows that are at ground level. Early May I noticed I had a neighbor… a duck, who had fashioned a bit of a nest in the corner of the building near my window. And the nest, we noticed once when the mama duck wasn’t around had an egg in it. Unfortunately, a few weeks later mama was gone, and the egg had gotten… I don’t know what. Maybe a coon or some other critter got to it, hard to say, but it was pretty well smashed.

A couple days later the landlord’s landscaper was cleaning up around the building and the nest was soon gone. We were all kinda bummed around here.

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Easter is just a couple days from now, so you may not get these done in time for Sunday, but with the way these can turn out you may want to keep them around all year long.

With a normal egg, a hot-glue gun, and some various paints, you can have your own ‘Dragon Egg’. DadCanDo.com has a PDF instruction file you can download, but the process is pretty basic. Put holes in the ends of the egg and blow out the insides… clean an dry. But before painting, “draw” on the veining using hot glue.

The site also has a page on how to make the stands as well as some other slick looking projects that I am only starting to dive in to.

Dragon’s Egg [dadcando.com]