Hatching of Chicks Was a Tall Order
Protected by an international treaty and a 24-hour guard, Rosie the duck hatched her chicks Wednesday on a busy sidewalk in the shadow of the world’s tallest building.
Snuggled in a nest of evergreen branches in a planter, the mallard gave birth to six ducklings near the famed Sears Tower.
Tishman Speyer Properties, the owners of the office building where Rosie chose to hatch her eggs, assigned a 24-hour guard after learning that the mallard is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which prohibits anyone from disturbing the bird.
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