Apartment Ducks

[whyme94]

I used to feed the ducks in my granny apartments during the first outbreak of Covid. We all had a great relationship until one day I was sitting on the stairs and one of the ducks flew towards me while sitting on the stairs. Naturally I was startled, and I yelled at the duck because I thought it was mean and rude and then went inside the house. After that I stopped feeding the ducks. fast forward to today, I just recently came back to my granny house and while I was outside on the phone a duck flew straight towards me again.
Can anyone tell me what does that mean and why I am the only person that these ducks feel comfortable enough to fly towards me.

 

[fatty and friends]

you might be scaring them, mine will run at animals they feel threatened by

 

[whyme94]

you might be scaring them, mine will run at animals they feel threatened by

Thank you, I don't know how I'm scaring them. I purposely go the other the way when I see them and I make sure to never go by the ducklings.

 

[Miss Lydia]

If they associate you with food, that may be why they are flying towards you. Do they actually fly and land on you or close by?

 

[whyme94]

If they associate you with food, that may be why they are flying towards you. Do they actually fly and land on you or close by?

Hi, Thank you for your response! Can you explain more for me please... they land close by me, they have never actually landed on me. Just 1 of them always start flying towards me and I always get scared because I have never experience it before.

 

[nchls school]

Hi, Thank you for your response! Can you explain more for me please... they land close by me, they have never actually landed on me. Just 1 of them always start flying towards me and I always get scared because I have never experience it before.

They have associated you with food. They are not being aggressive; they want food.

 

[whyme94]

They have associated you with food. They are not being aggressive; they want food

Oh wow, now I feel bad. Thank you'll so much for clarifying that for me!

 

[Aunt Angus]

My flock does that if they see me come out carrying anything. They think TREATS!

 

[Miss Lydia]

You can make friends with them again, just sit quietly and let them come to you. offer them something healthy to eat. No junk food. They will always associate you with something positive "Food"