Duck at the Door

[Son of a Beach]

We often get ducks wandering around our place. Some of them look native, but most look like the descendants of farm fowl, and some of them are very motley looking. They are usually in groups that stick around for a few months and then disappear eventually. Lately there's been a group of 4 (started of as a group of 12), and another loner that doesn't hang out with the group at all, but is a lot less wary of people.

This loner has been spending a bit of time at our back door lately (waiting for hand-outs, I presume, which I'm ill-inclined to give it, as he's already making a mess of the deck there).

But I don't want to shoo him off either, as the kids love it. I took these pictures this morning as I was about to leave for work.

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[tasadam]

So did you resolve the issue of your neighbour and the alleged snailbait, or is that why it used to be 12?

[Son of a Beach]

The neighbour, who is an old family friend whom we get along well with, denies he had anything to do with the disappearance of the other ducks (some of which we observed becoming sick and eventually dying where they sat, with no visible injuries). He just doesn't like them digging around his veggie garden and eating the new shoots.

He did want us or our other neighbours to shoot them, but we like having them around. And imagine how impressed my kids would be if I shot the ducks!

[Ent]

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[sthughes]

Ahh kids are getting mobile phones younger and younger these days :lol

I nearly ran over a family of ducks one night last week. Firstly when they appeared in my headlights I had to stand on the brakes, only stopping just before I lost sight of them under my bonnet. Then they (all 6 I think) all just stood there looking at me, in a line across almost the entire road. I had to blow the horn to get them off the road so I was able to move on. Made me feel like such a city slicker, reminded me of the AAMI swan ads
I do hope they made it back from their outing to the beech that night - I like ducks, although they can make a mess

[Son of a Beach]

Ahh kids are getting mobile phones younger and younger these days :lol

Every time my wife gets a new phone, the kids get the old one. So they've both got Motorola Razr phones now.

I nearly ran over a family of ducks one night last week. Firstly when they appeared in my headlights I had to stand on the brakes, only stopping just before I lost sight of them under my bonnet. Then they (all 6 I think) all just stood there looking at me, in a line across almost the entire road. I had to blow the horn to get them off the road so I was able to move on. Made me feel like such a city slicker, reminded me of the AAMI swan ads
I do hope they made it back from their outing to the beech that night - I like ducks, although they can make a mess

We quite often get cars slowing to a crawl and/or beeping at the ducks in front of our house... Noisy city slickers!!!

[Clownfish]

Good Lord, is your youngest Twittering to his Playgroup friends about the ducks?

Kids these days, etc.

[Tony]

I was in Hobart in 2004 with the family and we where staying in an inner city motel, where a Victorian football team where staying on an end of season trip, we got no sleep that night and when I requested that they quieten down I got abused and they started banging on the walls, so next morning we packed up and left the motel and found what we thought was a quieter cabin in a caravan park park out of town on the Derwent.

Well as for quiet, the nights where great but during the days we had ducks and lots if them tapping on the glass sliding door of our cabin wanting to be fed, it was a lovely experience, we regained our lost sleep and made a few feathered friends.

Tony

[Nuts]

I like ducks. They can carry a few diseases... What would you shoot them with? (wouldnt they duck )

[Ent]

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[Son of a Beach]

Good Lord, is your youngest Twittering to his Playgroup friends about the ducks?

Kids these days, etc.

If she was a 'he' I wouldn't be dressing her in pink pyjamas.

[Ent]

And there is yet another example of stereotyping in action

[north-north-west]

Mmmmmmmm . . . dinner.

[Nuts]

Yes, a duck at the door like that could only be Peeking....

[tas-man]

. . . stir our Magnus administratio too much and you will all be ducking for cover

[Ent]

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[Son of a Beach]

. . . stir our Magnus administratio too much and you will all be ducking for cover

So long as it is merely stirring the cooking pot and doesn't involve any fowl play.

[kramster]

Can't help but feather this swan-song along a little... I'd say we're all pretty ducky that the worst he could do is boot us off the forum. And I think that would cause a bit of a flap.