The past few days he has been flying over the fence to the front yard and flys around my neighborhood. Last night after getting home from work, I noticed my Mallard duck went missing. I checked everywhere in the back yard and even took a quick spin through our neighborhood but he was no where in sight. I woke up this morning and checked my front and back yard, but he was still missing. I thought he was gone forever. I went back to work today in the afternoon to finish up on some paper work and as soon as I got home I checked my back yard and there he was bobbing his head at me to feed him. I laughed and was really happy to see that he knows his way back home and he got back safe. Im thinking he knows his way back home from exploring our neighborhood and recognizes my house. 
