20150512 - Baby Ducks (SN)

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Sarah Nader- snader@shawmedia.com McHenry Middle School employees, Joyce Anderson (left) and Lisa Spears escort a duck and her 13 ducklings to a nearby pond from a courtyard at McHenry Middle School Tuesday, May 12, 2015. This is the 10th consecutive year a duck has layer her eggs in the courtyard at the school.

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Sarah Nader- snader@shawmedia.com Joyce Anderson, special education teacher, escorts a duck and her 13 ducklings to a nearby pond from a courtyard at McHenry Middle School Tuesday, May 12, 2015. This is the 10th consecutive year a duck has layer her eggs in the courtyard at the school.

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Sarah Nader- snader@shawmedia.com A duck and her 13 ducklings are escorted to a nearby pond from a courtyard at McHenry Middle School Tuesday, May 12, 2015. This is the 10th consecutive year a duck has layer her eggs in the courtyard at the school.

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Sarah Nader- snader@shawmedia.com For the 10th consecutive year McHenry Middle School personnel escort a duck and her 13 ducklings from a courtyard at McHenry Middle School through the hallways out to a nearby pond at McHenry Middle School Tuesday, May 12, 2015. The mother duck knocks on the window of the school, signaling that she wants to move to the pond.