The mallard couple is back!!!

[mysteryowl]

There they are, hanging out under the blue spruce tree taking a nap. (sorry, no picture. Just visualize it.)
Yes, I feed them!
I keep a bag of commercial duck pellet food in the freezer. I have to be sneaky putting it out because they keep an eye on me and get up and leave. If I do it right, with food and water they splash, eat and play.



I love mallards!

[napi21]

1. I love them too, but, do they wake you up with all their quacking?

I khnpow I would not like THAT very much!

[mysteryowl]

2. Not often, but it makes me smile.

Actually, the cat wakes me up before the mallards.

[elleng]

3. Sweet!

I watch 'my' osprey, and they fish for themselves. AND wake me occasionally.

[mysteryowl]

4. I get the "my" part. I feel the same way.

Nature waking us up is a blessing. It has taught me to get to bed sooner to compensate, including my cat!

[elleng]

5. and they live a few yards from my house,

March - September anyway; just returned from South or Central America!

[mysteryowl]

6. That is way cool!

[elleng]

7. VERY!

Old nest on top of boathouse next door, and last year I watched them care for TRIPLETS hatched in June/July.

[Snotcicles]

8. My pair came back yesterday. This is the third year feeding here. nt

[mysteryowl]

9. Sweet! The mallard club!

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. We had a nesting pair a couple years ago.

They would come and eat the gravel from my driveway every couple of days. We called them “The Quackersons”.

It was so cute to watch how protective the Mr. was of the Mrs., while she was laying eggs.

[mysteryowl]

11. "The Quackersons" !

Love it! I never named them, it did not occur to me.