So cute: Wild ducks turn New York roofs into their own private nests

Wild ducklings helping themselves to a complimentary plate of duck pellets on the roof deck of an Upper East Side apartment in New York.

New York’s Mallard ducks, seeking safe spots for their nests, have an eye for prime real estate and often nest on high floors on Manhattan’s affluent Upper East and West sides.

Tina Chen has her hands full as a New York City actress, director and now surrogate mother to 16 ducklings that have hatched on her high-rise apartment roof deck.