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Make Way for Ducklings

By adamg - 5/18/23 - 11:10 pm
Mrs. Mallard and ducklings dressed in Ukrainian clothes

Robert Adams admired Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings dressed for Vshyvanka Day, an annual celebration of Ukraine's unique embroidered clothing.

By adamg - 3/15/23 - 10:10 pm
Duckling dressed in St. Patrick's attire

Robert Adams captured Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings dressed in their St. Patrick's finest today.

By adamg - 2/2/23 - 9:21 am

The Boston Sun reports on the musical at Boston University’s Wheelock Family Theatre.

By adamg - 5/16/22 - 9:57 am

The State Library of Massachusetts recounts how author Robert McCloskey got ready to draw ducks for "Make Way for Ducklings:" He brought some live ducks home to his apartment so he could sketch them, but they moved around too fast, so he gave them some red wine, which slowed them right down.

By adamg - 7/3/21 - 10:28 pm
Public Garden duck familiy celebrates Belarussian Independence Day

Dimas shows us Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings dressed up today for Belarusian Independence Day - the anniversary of the day the Germans were driven out of Minsk in World War II.

By adamg - 5/10/20 - 12:24 pm

Arnold Arboretum | Spring

The Arnold Arboretum canceled its traditional Lilac Sunday today, but Greg Cook provided an online way to enjoy the lilacs, if without the aroma. Read more.

By adamg - 4/11/20 - 11:23 am
Make Way for Ducklings in Masks

Paul Levy reports Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings are once again wearing masks as they stroll through the Public Garden.

By adamg - 3/22/20 - 6:17 pm
Make Way for Ducklings in Masks

As he wandered through a pandemic-stricken region, Greg Cook came across the statue honoring Make Way for Ducklings in Masks in the Public Garden.

By adamg - 10/28/19 - 4:43 pm
Public Garden ducks ready for Halloween

JC Considine watched Mrs. Mallard and her brood getting ready for Halloween in the Public Garden today, along with the aid of some human helpers.

By adamg - 8/2/19 - 2:16 pm

WGBH reports on Karyn Alzayer's protest against children in cages at the border camps.

By adamg - 5/28/19 - 9:28 am
Make Way for Ducklings root for the Bruins

Jack the duckling, along with Mrs. Mallard and all the other ducklings in the Public Garden are, of course, rooting for the Bruins, as JC Considine shows us.

By adamg - 4/17/19 - 9:07 am
Make Way for Ducklings in their Easter Finest

Mrs. Mallard and brood quickly doffed their running bibs and put on their Easter finest, as Lily Wo found out yesterday.

Copyright Lily Wo. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

By adamg - 5/13/18 - 12:41 pm
Annual Make Way for Ducklings Parade on the Common

Roving UHub photographer Evangelos Efstathiou took in the annual Make Way for Ducklings parade around the Common and the Public Garden today.

By adamg - 10/9/17 - 9:43 pm
Nancy Schon on one of the Ducklings statues in the Public Garden

The Friends of the Public Garden snapped sculptor Nancy Schon sitting on Mrs. Mallard on the 30th anniversary of the installation of her Ducklings statues in the Public Garden this past weekend.

By adamg - 3/17/17 - 8:54 am
Green-hatted Ducklings in the Public Garden for St. Patrick's Day

Laurel Ruma captured Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings in their St. Patrick's finest today.

By adamg - 12/7/16 - 5:25 pm
Mrs. Mallard in her Christmas finest in the Public Garden

Neil the roving UHub photographer stopped to snap the Public Garden duck family, now all ready for Christmas. Read more.

By adamg - 2/12/16 - 6:27 am
Make Way for Ducklings in capes

You know it's cold when even the Public Garden duck family puts on capes, as Alyssa Martin shows us.

By adamg - 4/5/15 - 10:45 pm
Make way for Easter Ducklings in Boston's Public Garden

617 Images photographed Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings in Easter bonnets today.

By adamg - 3/10/15 - 7:42 am
Make Way for Ducklings ducks are ready for St. Patrick's Day

617 Images shows us the Make Way for Ducklings ducks are ready for St. Patrick's Day.

By adamg - 5/12/14 - 6:43 am
Little duckling in the Public Garden

Stevil took in the Make Way for Ducklings parade in the Public Garden yesterday.

Copyright Stevil. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

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