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Ramps return to Capitol Reflecting Pool to help ducklings

Kathy Stewart | kstewart@wtop.com

April 28, 2018, 2:51 PM

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Anne Lewis, president of City Wildlife explains the benefits of the duck ramps. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
Before the duck ramps, ducklings had a hard time getting in and out of the water. Some ducklings even drowned. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
Two ramps at the Capitol Reflecting Pool, made to keep ducklings from drowning, were so successful last year, they're being brought back this spring. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
Two ramps at the Capitol Reflecting Pool, made to keep ducklings from drowning, were so successful last year that they’re being brought back this spring. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
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“This huge curb — they can’t navigate it, especially the young little ducklings,” said Anne Lewis president of City Wildlife, a D.C. animal rehabilitation organization. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
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City Wildlife worked with Architect of the Capitol to come up with the ramps after getting complaints from the public of seeing ducklings in trouble and drowning.  (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
City Wildlife worked with Architect of the Capitol to come up with the ramps after getting complaints from the public of seeing ducklings in trouble and drowning.  (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
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During the spring and summer, the Reflecting Pool sees around 20-35 families of ducks, according to April Linton, who heads up the duck program with City Wildlife. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
During the spring and summer, the Reflecting Pool sees about 20 to 35 families of ducks, according to April Linton, who heads up the duck program with City Wildlife. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
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Linton said tourists take more pictures of the ducks than of the Capitol. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
Linton said tourists take more pictures of the ducks than of the Capitol. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
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Two ramps at the Capitol Reflecting Pool, made to keep ducklings from drowning, were so successful last year, they're being brought back this spring. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
City Wildlife worked with Architect of the Capitol to come up with the ramps after getting complaints from the public of seeing ducklings in trouble and drowning.  (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
During the spring and summer, the Reflecting Pool sees around 20-35 families of ducks, according to April Linton, who heads up the duck program with City Wildlife. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
Linton said tourists take more pictures of the ducks than of the Capitol. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
Two ramps at the Capitol Reflecting Pool, made to keep ducklings from drowning, were so successful last year, they're being brought back this spring. (WTOP/Kathy Stewart)
WASHINGTON — Two ramps at the Capitol Reflecting Pool, made to keep ducklings from drowning, were so successful last year that they’re being brought back this spring.

Ducklings were too small to get in and out of the pool, due to the two-foot high ledge surrounding it.

“This huge curb — they can’t navigate it, especially the young little ducklings,” said Anne Lewis, president of City Wildlife, a D.C. animal rehabilitation organization.

City Wildlife worked with Architect of the Capitol to come up with the ramps after getting complaints from the public of seeing ducklings in trouble and drowning.

Lewis said the minor issues with the ramps have been worked out. Sides to the ramps were added to keep the ducklings from falling over, and more traction has been added to the surface to keep the ducklings from slipping.

During the spring and summer, the Reflecting Pool sees about 20 to 35 families of ducks, according to April Linton, who heads the duck program with City Wildlife.

Linton said tourists take more pictures of the ducks than of the Capitol.

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