A few guests in psd99's garden (with pictures)

[psd99]

We have had a few guests in our garden. I think they are husband and wife.

I couldn't help taking these picture hope you all like. I really like the green one but if you look closely the other one is partly BLUE!

Next thing to do is name them! They have been coming over every day. Names are welcome.

 

[psd99]

ahhh

ahh the other picture that was a swine to upload

look at the ugly bird's wings see the blue?

 

[Ian]

Nice pics PSD99

Have you got water near by?

We get quite a few of those on the canals outside our flat, but about 3 males to every female for some reason!

 

[nivrip]

Mrs Mallard won't like being called ugly.

 

[floppybootstomp]

Aye, the 'ugly' bird is the lady

Nice pix.

 

[Taffycat]

Ahh, nice pics Psd - wonder if they have a nest somewhere nearby?

 

[psd99]

admin - we got a little river nearby and about the male to female ratio? isn't it ALWAYS like that everwhere we go?


nivrip - Mr and Mrs Mallard? Sounds good to me.

Flopps- How do you know the ugly one is female?

Taffy cat - They spend a good few hours in my garden. They come right up near my door so I give them some bread. They must be nesting close to my garden.

I've not seen these for years and it's comforting to see they are still around if it's the same ones.

 

[Ian]

How do you know the ugly one is female?

The brown ones are always the female ones

 

[Abarbarian]

They may be nesting in your garden . An bread is not so good for ducks , ok in small amounts , try to get something like this ,


http://www.gardenbird.com/gsechanne...ctID=GBNB99&offercode=B18WPPCK&product_type=O

 

[muckshifter]

They may be nesting in your garden . An bread is not so good for ducks , ok in small amounts , try to get something like this ,


http://www.gardenbird.com/gsechanne...ctID=GBNB99&offercode=B18WPPCK&product_type=O

Yes, please do not feed any wild birds bread ...

Mr & Mrs Mallard will appreciate the good stuff.

 

[psd99]

bread not good? I'm sure they will like seeeeeeeeeds! Are they really ducks? Because I was saying quack quack to them with my little nephew

how about white bread and red wine?

lol they were thirsty too drinking water

 

[muckshifter]

bread not good?

Simply put, Birds are NOT mammals ... bread, especially dry bread, will swell in the birds stomach and can cause other nastie side affects ... for ducks if you ain't got whole corn, grain or even lettuce, then just leave 'em be ...


I enjoyed your pics though ... I have a few hundred bird pics I could share.

 

[psd99]

oh right didn't know that. :_) cheers

nah can't leave the poor ducks on their own we got lots of lettuce! I will experiment think they will be around at about 5pm!

p.s they are always staaaaaaaarving!

 

[psd99]

the ducks didn't like the lettuce!

I saw this other bird in my garden yesterday it looked like a hen it was brown and moving fast. Very strange.