Just In Time For Easter, Endangered Ducklings Rescued From Drain

PINELLAS PARK, FL -- Just in time for Easter, a mother duck was reunited with her ducklings thanks to the Pinellas Park Police and Fire Department.

On Wednesday night, police were notified that six of a family of nine ducklings had fallen into a storm drain at the Park Boulevard entrance to Sam's Club.

Police called firefighters from Station 34 to assist and, working together, the officers and firefighters climbed down the storm drain, gathered the stray ducklings in a bucket and reunited them with their anxious mother who waited nearby.

Police said the grateful mother took a head count and then waddled off with her babies following behind her.

Images via Pinellas Police