Sometimes... on a quiet morning...

[mandelyn]

I live in a REALLY noisy neighborhood, everything from the usual barking dogs and screaming kids to traffic, trains, helicopters, small airplanes, sirens, all kinds of stuff. It's an old neighborhood, so add a healthy population of crickets, cicadas, squirrels, fighting coons, stray cats, all that.

But sometimes, if you get up early enough, everything is quiet, peaceful. A lull in the noise that reminds you constantly where you are. But then you hear it, just once, a really loud, obnoxious...


QUACK

I swear, nominated spokesduck waits until she knows she will be heard.

That one solitary quack.

 

[grawg]

haha... I've got one named quackers for a reason

 

[Springthing]

hehehehe...well said. I don't mind the quacking, though. Actually, I get a kick out of it. Especially when they do that laughing quack..?.. know which one I mean?

*QUACK!**Quack!**Quack**quack**quackquackquack*.....

 

[newbyduckmom]

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I have one hen that does that also...but she does the QUACK, QUACK, QUACK! thing. Yes, Mocha, now everyone knows you are awake - and so is everyone else.

 

[StevenW.]

We live in a small town and its usually really noisy with traffic and etc. but if you get up around 5-5:30 you can hear that one special duck that likes to break the silence!

(When I say Special, I mean Noisy!)

 

[dumb_cluck]

I have a Welsh Harlequin that I swear, says "WHAT?" instead of QUACK And.... just once. (After a series of the laughter quacking....)

 

[bayyjayy]

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I LOVE this...and everytime my kids are here when my mallard female does this, I tell them I wish I had heard the joke, because it sounds like she is laughing. I LOVE it! She is one of my favorites.



I also love to hear just the one loud QUACK! I always wonder, "What the....."

 

[RunnerWhisperer]

I love it! At first I was afraid that the neighbors would be irritated but so far so good. Now I think they are use to the duck noises so much they kinda blend in now as regular neighborhood noises.

 

[newbyduckmom]

We live in a rural area, so the animal noise is not uncommon. Besides, even six ducks can't compete with the neighbors peacock! Talk about noisy!

 

[BoutrosBoutrosGalusGalus]

I am amazed at how much noise the girls make. Our first one turned out to be a drake and his deep quacking is actually calming. The Cayuga hen can honk like mad.