AUSTIN, Texas – An Austin equipment technician is being called a “duck wrangler” after he saved a handful of ducklings.

Johnny Mendez found four ducklings scurrying around his office and called for backup.

Along with two coworkers they managed to wrangle in the babies and transport them to an animal rehabilitation center. It turns out the ducklings are Black Belly Whistling Ducks which are federally protected as a wildlife species.

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