The same thing happened to us. Our duck had layed her eggs in the planter on the front porch. She was sitting for 3 days only leaving to briefly get nourishment. She had covered the babies in her down, and she was there last night.
This morning all the eggs are gone, as is mama duck.
We have owls in our neighborhood. I do believe that with their talons, and babies to feed, that the owl stole the eggs, and possibly the mother got away.
We have seen them kill a lot of song birds in our yard.
It is very sad to lose this special gift from mother nature, as we had named her and loved thinking about the baby ducks.
