WATCH: Ducklings Jump 25 Feet From Asbury Park Rooftop Beer Garden

Asbury Park, NJ - Employees at Asbury Park's Festhalle & Biergarten first noticed the mother duck nesting on their 9,000-square-foot rooftop beer garden a few weeks ago.

"She would fly in while the restaurant was open and sit on her nest, listening to the bands, sitting through high school reunions and yoga classes," said one of the bar's owners, Jennifer Lampert, 44. "The noise didn't bother her. She loved it."

Bar employees hid her nest behind some planters to protect it. Then, on Thursday afternoon, Lampert said she was strolling in to open the bar when she saw the mother duck walking on the sidewalk outside.

"I said to her, 'What are you doing down here?,' and she quacked. And then a little duckling fell out of the sky."

One by one, Lampert watched in shock as the six remaining ducklings bravely walked to the edge of the 25-foot roof, spread their wings — and jumped.

Sous chef Tim Spielman came running out and tried to catch the ducklings in his baseball hat. But he only caught two. Yet all seven ducklings were perfectly fine, after bouncing a bit on the sidewalk and grass.

"Out of seven ducklings, only three had their fall broken," she said. "One bounced off my hand when I tried to catch it. Some landed on the pavement, some landed in the brush. Apparently, this is not uncommon."

Mother ducks will often lay eggs in elevated areas, to protect the eggs and babies from predators. It's just that then the ducklings have to find a way to get down.

"Then they all just waddled off and followed their mother and jumped into Wesley Lake," said Lampert. "And all of a sudden every swan and duck in the lake started swimming to them — I think they were greeting them."

The beer garden and residents and businesses along the lake have been cleaning it, and every year it's been getting cleaner, she said. This year she's seen a "huge" increase in the duck and swan population on Wesley Lake.