A duck built a nest in my front yard

[Nine Tailed Fox]

Pretty cool

[PlayStation 2]

Where the hell do you live where ducks build nests in a house's yard?

[imreloadin]

8 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Where the hell do you live where ducks build nests in a house's yard?

More importantly where in the hell do they live that they consider THAT a yard...looks like a damn riverbed

[Glinch]

I'm more worried about the apparent gravel pit you call a yard, than the ducks nesting under that shrub.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

 Apparently, you all are not familiar with desert landscaping. It is popular in desert areas because it looks more like the natural landscape of the area, is inexpensive to put in, uses far less water, if any, and is very low maintenance. Some desert landscaping has a more natural appearance as shown in the OP's photo; others are more formal andd polished (and more expensive).

 

Ducks will nest anywhere they can where there is access to a body of water after the eggs hatch.

[Chunchunmaru_]

pet him

[TechyBen]

9 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Where the hell do you live where ducks build nests in a house's yard?

Where do you live that does not have ducks?

[Drak3]

2 hours ago, Chunchunmaru_ said:

pet him

Bad advice.

[Wauthar]

22 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Bad advice.

Yes, it is bad advice to 'pet him' because you can clearly see that this duck in question is female.

 

/jk

[imcaspar]

Make a webcam so we can all see what the duck is doing

[Guest]

delete

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

8 hours ago, Chunchunmaru_ said:

pet him

 

6 hours ago, Drak3 said:

Bad advice.

 

6 hours ago, Wauthar said:

Yes, it is bad advice to 'pet him' because you can clearly see that this duck in question is female.

 

/jk

It's bad advice becasue, not only should you not disturb a nesting female since you may cause her to abandon her clutch or brood, but she will definitley bite you

 

2 hours ago, Mr. horse said:

looks like he is out west up in the mountains or something. But I would not think a duck would be out there.

Ducks can, and will, live anywhere where there is water and groceries (which is pretty much anyting that will fit in their beaks and slide down their gullets; they will even eat grass). As mentioned before, I live in a desert (the Phoenix area of Arizona) and there are urban lakes, irrigation canals, and ditches that are lousy with ducks (and, to a much lesser degree, geese; heck, I've seen pelicans here). I have yet to travel anywhere in the SSA where slow moving streams and still bodies of water didn't have ducks.