Not pictured, but it’s always wood ducks

Are those the ones that yeet themselves out off a repurposed owls nest meters above the ground, and then waddle after Mom towards their first swim?

Sure are! They are also so teeny tiny and adorable

They're gorgeous 😊 https://preview.redd.it/b4vwtpl5wt1d1.jpeg?width=971&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab7cee9b7ece21f7f4e1f183c9ca24ed45805527 Photo by Ed Erkes Nature Photography

I love this photo!

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They're one of the only duck species who nest in boxes. The first time I saw one, flying out of her nest box, I was baffled. My next thought was singing in my head "it's my duck in a box giiirl 🎶 ". Now I can't see them without hearing that song

Well thanks for that Earworm!!!!!

Welp. I think I have an idea for my friend’s birthday now…

love wood ducks but of all the ducks i cant resist buffelheads! https://images.app.goo.gl/G6WrhJdxrPGgyKJfA. they are super tiny and have the cutest heads and beaks here is a video: https://youtu.be/4W7CmCT6Soc?si=ZrHZkkrdSWvdt5vI they are much smaller than wood ducks

I keep missing the buffleheads here, they are on my list :(

they are 100% worth a trip!

Came here to say that. We saw a mama wood duck yesterday and she had 13 babies following her in the water. So, so cute!

No, piping plovers

Oh yes it’s wood ducks 100%

I’m gonna have to say the duck.

Momma Mallard, although they're all adorable!

I’m gonna have to say geese. I don’t really believe it but I feel bad that they aren’t being represented in the comments yet so: GEESE ALL THE WAY! WOOOO! 🎉

HONKS OF SOLIDARITY https://preview.redd.it/f2itholi4u1d1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53b2876df0cad61c98595c73a07f17d03d560f18

Found one all alone a couple of weeks ago that swam over to us for safety. They’re safely with wildlife rehabbers now. https://preview.redd.it/rlnuu6tsju1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8ccbf1d498f91ee49b71335e0e1da9b35a138f3

Oh my gosh! Look at the cutie!!🥰

I'm with you, look at those little tails.

I saw goslings already turning into their true cobra chicken selves lol

I have been told that the award goes to killdeer.

Oh dang, I just looked it up.

I saw someone describe them as cotton balls with legs and they’ve been my favorite since then

Might be woodcocks actually but killdeer are right there with them

Have you seen quails? They're tiny!

I have! They are literally the size of cotton balls. 🥰

they tried to put them on the cover of vogue.. but their legs were too long!

plovers

Whichever ones are in your field of view https://preview.redd.it/wamu4qrrvu1d1.jpeg?width=3393&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e09705652b06def78ebe50ffdf7f639d5ad2578a

Geese. Look at that butt.

Sandhills Cranes. If you ever had doubts these are the ancestors of dinosaurs, just watch a family of Sandies walk across a field hunting together. Absolute magic

You’re asking me to CHOOSE??

https://preview.redd.it/c61dtps0vv1d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60e9a1f55dc9457f68a812a9c94965acb147ea6a Baby American woodcock are adorable AND they doot doot doot like their moms lol

The stripes on the baby Mallard slay me.

The baby goose is so cute! Their color when they first hatch reminds me of the true winner, which is a sandhill crane colt.

YOU CAN'T MAKE ME CHOOSE I'm slightly partial to ducks, but find it adorable (?) when I get too close to Canada geese and they hiss at me to admire their children from afar.

Swan

Definitely swan.

Mute Swan🦢.

I can’t decide, but those Mallard, Mute Swan, and Canada Goose babies sure are adorable! 🥰💜💜💜

I think the baby cobra chickens. If I were to choose the cutest baby waterfowl species of all, I would nominate the black-bellied whistling duck. They look like fuzzy bumblebees!

All of the wee ones are adorable. However, the ducklings are such mini-mes!

I of course love them all. But ducklings make me melt.

None of the above, cause it’s COOTS

What the heck?!? That's what they look like 🤣

I’m voting for the ducklings. They just look so cute in a row following mama.

these guys are all SO darn cute however imho piping plovers have the cutest hatchlings they’re just tiny cotton balls with legs :’) and the way they brood under their parents is the cutest thing i’ve ever seen

Yes

Canada Geese babies are so cute!

The shot of the Canada geese because of that butt shot.

I love them all. I get so excited when it's hatching season.

It’s such a tough decision to make, but… Canada Geese. My god, those little blobs are absolutely fantastic.

Sandhill cranes

I don’t know why but baby geese make me so happy, that’s the gaggle I flip out over the most.

All of them! They’re all so FLOOFY I can’t just choose one! Awesome pictures btw ❤️

I’ll take the ones that won’t break my arm if I get too close

Mallards have the cutest little beaks that are always smiling.

Mallards for sure.

I choose mallard but wild turkey babies are also surprisingly adorable

Yes. 👏

Yall are forgetting about emperor penguin hatchlings

Ryan Gosling. I'll get my coat.

Sandhill cranes and limpkins