The Duck Thread

[Ravynscroft]

Have you ever seen a duck eat a frog? At first I thought it was a worm then I saw 2 legs hanging out. Ewww

Haven't seen them go after frogs, but have seen ours eat lizards... made my OH upset cuz he loves our little blue tailed skinks...

That makes me sad. I like our tiny tree frogs. I hope our ducks aren't eating them and I'm just not seeing it. I've never seen then go after a garter snake, either. We don't have many of those, but I see them off and on.

Hopefully your tree frogs stay up in the trees... our Calls love anything they can catch... I saved a blue tailed skink from drowning in a bucket of water only to have our blue pied chase it down and *gulp-gulp*...

 

[napdognewfie]

I wish they would catch and eat all the chipmunks around here.

 

[JadeComputerGal]

Haven't seen them go after frogs, but have seen ours eat lizards... made my OH upset cuz he loves our little blue tailed skinks...
Hopefully your tree frogs stay up in the trees... our Calls love anything they can catch... I saved a blue tailed skink from drowning in a bucket of water only to have our blue pied chase it down and *gulp-gulp*...

Our tiny frogs often hang out in and around our duck ponds.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Our tiny frogs often hang out in and around our duck ponds. :/

Ok, we'll go with the "You don't see it, so it doesn't happen" thought then... who knows? Maybe they're used to them always being around and leave them alone?

 

[Miss Lydia]

One of my Muscovy ducks ate a small copper head once we were looking for worms under rocks and i lifted the rock and there was this around 7" copper head Ruth snatched it up and ate it I frantically called our dogs vet to see if they knew whether Ruth would die they didn't know told me to call the nature center in the city closest to us they couldn't tell me either, Well long story short by the time I got back outside to see if Ruth was still up right she had waddled back to the food bowl and was eating like nothing had ever happened. No telling how many she has eaten since then.

Oh and I don't think toads go in water just frogs.

Don't think they'll eat the chipmunks either. lol

I use to have Preying mantis too not any more

 

[Ravynscroft]

Lady Grey has a vendetta against leaf bugs... first one she tried to eat buzzed in her mouth and scared the beejeezus outta her... now she attacks and swallows whole on sight...

 

[JadeComputerGal]

Ok, we'll go with the "You don't see it, so it doesn't happen" thought then... who knows? Maybe they're used to them always being around and leave them alone?

But now this has me wondering when I last saw them and if not seeing them means a duck has eaten them. Blah.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Lady Grey has a vendetta against leaf bugs... first one she tried to eat buzzed in her mouth and scared the beejeezus outta her... now she attacks and swallows whole on sight...

How about stink bugs, mine steer clear of them too. Thankfully Lady Grey didn't snatch up a yellow jacket instead.

 

[JadeComputerGal]

I wish they would catch and eat all the chipmunks around here.

GAAA! Cute little creatures! Why would you want ducks to eat chipmunks? Are they destructive? I was telling Scott just the other night that I wished we had them around here. I don't remember ever seeing any in PA, but they were everywhere where I grew up.

 

[napdognewfie]

I had both toads and peepers. I've been watching them for years.

I also wish the ducks would eat the rabbit that is inside the privacy fence. I'm probably going to have to get a bunch of grandkids together and open the gate to let them chase it out. Stupid things get in when they are tiny enough to fit through the gap in the gate. Then they get too fat to get back out and eat my garden full time.