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8 Hooded Merganser ducks in my pond! UD better picture

William

Wise Old Thumper
We occasionally get Hooded Mergansers, usually just 2 or 3, but yesterday we had 5 and today 8 :D 5 females, 3 males.
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Sorry the pics aren't good, they wouldn't quit moving!
 
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Yep :D My house is actually average though. My dad says something like 1,900 square ft, I think. Right now I live with my parents and brother but it's my dream to move into a slightly more rural place (I'm in the suburbs) and have 10+ acres and a 2 story house. I want a yard a lot like this one though so hopefully it'll have a pond and woods too. Land around north Florida like Yulee, Callahan, Middleburg etc is actually quite cheap, I've heard only $1000-$2000 per acre so it won't be too expensive.
 
:oops: Thanks. I feel very lucky to live in Florida. If I lived anywhere else I doubt I'd have a pond. Florida is full of retention ponds so it's easy to find a house with one in the suburbs.
 
I haven't seen a duck of any type for quite some time. These are lovely, do they come all year round?
 
They come occasionally, mostly in the winter. I love when they come but they do eat fish so I guess it's a good thing they aren't here more often. But 7 muscovies live here who are quite tame, they're kinda my pets, and mallards are often here too.
 
My dad has a better camera so he was able to get a bunch of good pics. Here's one with all 8 :love: so pretty!

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Ducks can actually be in smallish yards without a pond (a kiddie pool works great for ducks), a lot of people think they need loads of room and a pond. Many people even keep them indoors.

The only problem is predators :( We have lots of predators here so I keep my ducks in a big dog kennel thats predator proof. And Scout, Dill, and Will come indoors as well.
 
Wow, so jealous of your 'back yard' :lol: Can we see some pics of your house and the rest of your garden?
 
Aww they're gorgeous - I'd love to live in that sort of area.

I have my heart set on visiting Savannah in Georgia - it looks sooo beautiful :love:
 
Wow, so jealous of your 'back yard' :lol: Can we see some pics of your house and the rest of your garden?

I dont have very many of the house or yard, other than the pond- my dad has most of the pics on his computer. But heres some pics I found :)

'woods' at dawn.

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The pond without much water due to drought- the level should be up there where those pine saplings are!


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A neat looking lane of grass on the bank of the pond


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6 male mallards!


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Wild Canadian geese


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A weedy part of one of the side yards. I'm probably going to chop it all down soon and plant fruit trees there.


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A stray mother duck that used to live here. She got killed by a raccoon or fox back in the summer while sitting on another nest of eggs :( She had 25 ducklings at once!


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The only part of the house I could find- front porch on Halloween.


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And part of the front yard.


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I have my heart set on visiting Savannah in Georgia - it looks sooo beautiful

Yes, Georgia is very pretty. A lot like Florida except a bit cooler and it has mountains. Florida doesn't even have hills :lol:
 
I think 7 survived to adulthood, and then a few of them are still alive. They still live in my yard, along with a few ducks who were born in spring of 2010 :D I love them.
 
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