{"id":641,"date":"2012-08-08T08:16:08","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T12:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/blogs\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=641"},"modified":"2012-08-08T08:16:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T12:16:08","slug":"feeling-ducky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/feeling-ducky\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Ducky?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If you could have an all-expense paid dinner for two anywhere in the world, where would you go? That\u2019s the question that the winner of Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary\u2019s 9th annual\u00a0Duck Derby<\/a> <\/strong>will need to wrestle with in less than two weeks.<\/p>\n

On August 17th at 6 p.m., approximately 5,500 numbered rubber ducks are\u00a0expected to be released en masse on the incoming tide between Buzzards Bay and Allens Pond.<\/p>\n

The first duck to float across the finish line will award it’s owner dinner for two, air travel, and two night\u2019s accommodations anywhere in the world. Runner ups have a chance at as many as 49 other prizes<\/a><\/strong>. Even the last duck across the finish line\u2014dubbed the “slacker quacker”\u2014earns its owner a free entry to the 2013 Duck Derby and a chance to try again.<\/p>\n

Want in on the action? All you have to do is “adopt<\/a><\/strong>” one or more little yellow rubber duckies to enter the race.\u00a0One duck will cost you $10 (five for 40; 13 for $100 …\u00a0you get the drift), with the funds supporting Mass Audubon\u2019s work at Allens Pond<\/a><\/strong> in South Dartmouth.<\/p>\n

Prize winners will be announced at the Duck Derby Festival<\/a><\/strong>, which takes place at Allens Pond on Saturday August 18 and features a “Ducky Dash 5K” at 8 am, followed by a “Kids Totally Quackers” Obstable Course at 9:15. From 10am-2 pm, participants can enjoy a variety of food, exhibits, games, live music, a plant auction, and a silent action.<\/p>\n

Good luck! And may the luckiest duck win!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you could have an all-expense paid dinner for two anywhere in the world, where would you go? That\u2019s the question that the winner of Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary\u2019s 9th annual\u00a0Duck Derby will need to wrestle with in less than two weeks. On August 17th at 6 p.m., approximately 5,500 numbered rubber ducks are\u00a0expected to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[42,43],"class_list":["post-641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife-sanctuaries","tag-duck-derby","tag-events"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-al","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16942,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/protecting-salt-marshes-at-allens-pond\/","url_meta":{"origin":641,"position":0},"title":"Protecting Salt Marshes at Allens Pond\u00a0","author":"Mass Audubon","date":"June 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Visitors to Mass Audubon\u2019s Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary in South Dartmouth and Westport may be curious if they spot groups of individuals digging on the sanctuary\u2019s salt marsh.\u00a0 Under the watchful eye of Mass Audubon\u2019s Coastal Resilience Program Director Dr. Danielle Perry and the South East team, they are carving\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Climate"","block_context":{"text":"Climate","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/AP_KForesto-0677-2100x1400-1737e326-8e20-4582-a9c9-9b1bc4ce7f93.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/AP_KForesto-0677-2100x1400-1737e326-8e20-4582-a9c9-9b1bc4ce7f93.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/AP_KForesto-0677-2100x1400-1737e326-8e20-4582-a9c9-9b1bc4ce7f93.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/06\/AP_KForesto-0677-2100x1400-1737e326-8e20-4582-a9c9-9b1bc4ce7f93.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7584,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/100-great-wildlife-sanctuary-birding-spots\/","url_meta":{"origin":641,"position":1},"title":"100 Great Wildlife Sanctuary Birding Spots","author":"Hillary T.","date":"May 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Bird-a-thon, Mass Audubon\u2019s annual birding competition takes place on May 13-14. 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