Unusual behavior from mallard drake?

[duckman4450]

Watch both videos and read the descriptions; they describe everything. Leave a comment on youtube, or post a reply on here. Thanks for the help!

Video 1:

Video 2:

 

[crissycriss]

1st video that is the same way my male mallards react with one another if the other male gets to close to their mate.So i beleive that is your male trying to be top duck.The duck is his so back off. LOL of course i'm no expert.Just how i have seen my ducks do.Hope this helped.
video 2
Not really sure about this one.But all 5 of my drakes do this.Will be interesting to find out what others say about it. I have 2 mallard & 3 pekin drakes so its not just the mallard breed.I read on here somewhere that it may be where they are trying to readjust the food in their crops.I have no idea though.

 

[ElizabethinNY]

I agree that the male is trying to defend his lady friend in the first video. My males all do the "whistle" in the second video, too.

I have mallards, mallard-call crosses and calls. I don't know what the official name for that behavior is but they will do that when they're excited and showing off, especially when I've just changed their water or they're trying to be big shots for their ladies! I'd love to know if the second behavior has an official name. The zipping around in the second video at 1:33 is something my males do just after they've mated with their female. They zip all around their pond with their heads lowered and their feathers on their heads out and act very pleased with themselves! I think your guy is just exhibiting all normal male duck behaviors. It's extra funny if you have more than one drake and they all start that whistle-tooting at the same time!

 

[crissycriss]

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[gysygirl]

The second video is exactlly like my Mallard 'Rocky' We call it Duck Tourettes! Prob not politically correct but it is funny to watch

Glad it's not just him maybe he's not as weird as we thought!

 

[Mo Duck]

My two drakes, Vincent a KC and Wolfgang a Cayuga, both do the same whistling. I thought they might have something wrong, not knowing if this was a common behavior. Vincent has taken to running up my leg or back if I'm working in the yard, much like yours pushing in the 1st video. I have a Cayuga duck (Delilah) who stays five feet away from all humans, clearly superior.

Ducks is funny people!

 

[melissamerry]

I'm so glad you posted this! My 5th month old drake just started doing the "whistle" thing today and I was freaking out! I actually thought he swallowed
a toy whistle for about an hour...

Do your ducks do the quiver and attack jolt as well? Or is it only the drake? My two females do it when I put a stuffed mallard cat toy out. I figured they just
didn't like the squeaky noise. But maybe they think the cat toy is going to steal their man!

 

[Speceider]

He's doing the grunt-whistle, and a head-up-tail-up courtship display.

Clint