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Ducklings rescued from drain in Nassau Shores
The scene was witnessed by Doris Wahl, who was sitting on the front porch of her home on Fairwater Avenue. Horrified, she called her husband Bob, and the couple called police. Then they called their neighbor, NassauShores Civic leader Wally D'Amato. With that, help converged from all over. Steve Mammolito and Steve Kelly of the Town of Oyster Bay arrived by truck and coordinated the rescue efforts at the scene, removing the heavy drain cover. D'Amato, outfitted now in fisherman's waders, and his wife Janet went into the drain to coax the duckings to safety. Nassau Shores Wildlife experts placed each of the eight ducklings they were able to gently scoop up safely from the drain, into a open air cage. All the while, the Mother Mallard watched from her perch on the roof of the Wahl home, once in a while honking to let everyone know she was still there monitoring the situation.
With the ducklings safe in the cage, they were placed on the front lawn of the Wahl's home. The humans stepped back, giving the Mother Mallard some time and space to reacquaint herself with her ducklings. Cautiously, she ventured toward them, and one brave duckling ventured out, running straight to his mother. After a few moments, rescuers scooped up the mother with a net and readied her and her ducklings for relocation to a safer spot. But not before a lot of "oohs" and "aahs" from the rescuers and those who gathered to watch the convergence of human concern bring a happy ending to the story. "Wow," said Anthony D'Amato, who had just gotten off the school bus on his last day before summer vacation when the episode started. He and his brother Michael watched as the ducks were carted off. "That was a great way to begin summer," he added.
"We're just glad it wasn't a raccoon, said Mammolito. "They can be pretty nasty."
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