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  1. Brenda, I hate to say this but it looks like there is only one duck and one swan. Is there another duck somewhere?

    1. No, I didn’t see one anywhere and I was looking. Maybe that’s why the duck was so upset.

      1. That’s not a swan. It’s a male mallard duck and the female is on the left.

        1. I agree with Cathy. That’s a male mallard on the pool and the female is the brown one. I have them on my pond all the time and I’m sure those are mallards.

    2. That’s a male and a female duck. Swans look very different and are much larger.

    3. Unless I have a different picture I do not see a Swan? I see a pair of Mallards – a male and female. Swans have very long necks and are much larger then ducks.

  2. Love it..sweet story!!!…and sounds like you are the “duck whisperer”.. :0)

  3. What a nice story about the ducks. There is a river behind my house and there are very pretty black and white ducks living on the river’s edge!

  4. Mr & Mrs probably having a spat, as mates do, and she stormed off to teach him a lesson (lol).

  5. I would take the story about the ducks belonging to a former tenant who were abandoned when the tenant moved with a grain of salt 🙂 I looked up Mallard ducks on the internet and found out that they are the most “gregarious” of ducks, they “talk” a lot and are friendly around humans. They mate for a season, but do not mate for life. They like to visit swimming pools and kiddie pools. You may have a mating pair visiting for the season, there may be a nest hidden behind some shrubs or hidden behind tall grasses and other growth.

  6. What a cute story about the ducks! I bet there are others around that weren’t visible to you while you were out there. I thought of you when I was out walking with Cooper earlier this morning. I heard unusual ‘chirping’ from a bird up in a nearby tree. The chirping sounded like a clanging bell – very interesting and unusual. Held me captivated for a couple of minutes because I wanted to continue listening to it.

  7. Oh how lovely, any wildlife that comes my way gives me pleasure . In our last house we had a pond and one day I saw a mother duck and 6 of her babies come into the garden and head straight for the pond, they didn’t stay or return as it was a very small pond but it certainly brightened my day.

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