A few weeks ago we heard a large bird flying around our front porch a few times, and after further investigation we found a duck nesting in one of our flower beds:
So we abandon our plans to prune or trim around the flower bed for the time being, and a few weeks later we notice a significant increase in activity:
And the next day after that, the security camera system captured this:
Ducks!
Re: Ducks!
That's great!
Where I live all the backyards open to a bike trail which is a city park with an oxbow lake in the middle. My neighbors all feed the ducks (It's against the law I heard). Those ducks are so spoiled.
My wife and I fed our ducks only ONCE because they got violent over my Pringles chips I was feeding them. When I told my mother, she was upset. Told me chips were not healthy for ducks. Over all, a pretty bad experience. The ducks got mad... my mom got mad... I was breaking the law, so uncle sam got mad.. everyone was mad.....
Where I live all the backyards open to a bike trail which is a city park with an oxbow lake in the middle. My neighbors all feed the ducks (It's against the law I heard). Those ducks are so spoiled.
My wife and I fed our ducks only ONCE because they got violent over my Pringles chips I was feeding them. When I told my mother, she was upset. Told me chips were not healthy for ducks. Over all, a pretty bad experience. The ducks got mad... my mom got mad... I was breaking the law, so uncle sam got mad.. everyone was mad.....
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- Tunnelcat
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Re: Ducks!
You've got ducks. Just up the hill from me, I have these kitties for neighbors. Caught on their wildlife cam mounted on the side of their driveway.
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Re: Ducks!
She'll probably be back next year to raise another clutch.
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Re: Ducks!
Did mother duck return this year?
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Re: Ducks!
We have seen the pair in the neighborhood, but they haven't nested in exactly the same place this year.