Duck alert system

[TLWR]

Every now and then, one of the ducks will just quack. Either sit in the pond and quack away at nothing I can figure out. Sometimes one of them is doing it while standing in the yard, quacking away at who knows what. I tell them all they are doing is letting the neighborhood predators know dinner is available.

Tonight I went out with the dog to play and Cadbury is standing in the yard quacking (and had been for a bit). I finally went over to see what she was quacking at. I saw nothing, turned around and was about 3' from a poisonous snake. Ducks walked away and carried on as nothing out of the normal was happening. I got the dogs inside and the DH outside to dispatch of our poisonous visitor.

Thanks Cadbury. Extra peas tonight!

 

[Hillaire]

awesome! usually if they are quacking more than often it could be a bird flying over (hawk) or something that you just don't see or notice. My guineas do the same and I am always sure to pay attention to it

 

[TLWR]

They just hide when they see birds that might be a threat, no letting anybody know about it

 

[Hillaire]

lol wish my guinea hens did that... it would probably cause a few less headaches