Colorado duck family finds new home after rescue from apartment swimming pool
A mother duck and her ducklings were relocated from a swimming pool at an apartment complex in Colorado to a nearby pond. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office post on social media, when deputies got the call, they knew it wasn't going to be a typical day.
Deputies Moore and Rivera were dispatched to the Westwood Green Apartments swimming pool on May 8, just after 11 a.m. when a mama duck and at least 10 ducklings were seen swimming in the crystal blue water. Deputies said the ducklings were too small to make it out of the water on their own and so they scooped them up.
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— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) July 24, 2025
When Animal Control Officer Moore and Rivera got the call about ducklings stuck in the Westwood Green Apartments’ swimming pool, they knew it wasn’t going to be a typical day. The ducklings were just too small to make it out on their own,… pic.twitter.com/HBnNma3pzj
Deputies said that was the easy part. The biggest challenge was that mama duck didn't want to be picked up so she quacked at the deputies and followed them as they carried her ducklings to a nearby park with a pond.
Mama was reunited with her ducklings at the pond, where they all took to the water, which is a better place for them compared to the swimming pool.