When 11 fuzzy ducklings trailing their mother fell into a storm drain on Redhorse Lane in Yorkville, instant action was necessary to save them. All 11 ducklings were rescued and placed in a cardboard box by the team of officers, while the frantic mother mallard watched on.

Two Oswego Township Road District workers are being lauded for their efforts to rescue six newly hatched ducklings that had fallen through a storm sewer grate in Boulder Hill.

You can take advantage of the goldeneye’s other most helpful identifying characteristic: the whistling sound the wings make in flight.