Surprised by ducks

[David1999]

Woke up this morning to find out that there were a pair of ducks in my backyard swimming in the pool! Haha looks like they're a couple (male & female). Been here for about 5 hours so far! Pretty uncommon for the area that I live in. They probably came from balboa park which is a 20 minute drive from me so possible from there? Will they ever leave???


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[studd muffin]

If your backyard is fit for them they might stay and lay eggs!

 

[SumoNinja]

there's some awesome recipes online you can find for roast duck or stew

that's the only right answer imo

 

[krichardson]

Will they leave?...just go out there and jump into the pool.

 

[SumoNinja]

I would seriously leave out some food to try to get them to keep coming back

 

[krichardson]

Meh...no big deal to me,I've had Canada geese come in and hang out in my yard one year.

 

[Aquanero]

Will they leave?...just go out there and jump into the pool.

That's a pretty good suggestion. I bet it works every time.

Last year there was pair that landed on my pool every day for about a week then I didn't see them any more. I don't even know what they eat. I guess I could've gone to petsmart and looked for Purina duck chow but it never occurred to me.

 

[David1999]

Haha they flew away together at about 9:30 pm! Light was still on in the backyard and they were walking around until they randomly flew away But there's duck crap all around my backyard....😑😑


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[krichardson]

Duck dung is bad enough but imagine the poo piles that Canada geese leave around...its like dog poop.

 

[bbortko]

Decided to do some spring yard work this morning and started by dethatching the front yard. Started raking and heard some scurrying in the bush so I watched for a rabbit to shoot out but a duck flew out. She has eggs under the bush so hopefully she comes back.