.........I have two male pekin ducks and one male hooded merganser.
It's a regular boy's club around here.
Some of you may have seen me talk about Dos, the male hooded merganser that has been on our lake for over a year now.
He just kinda adopted us.
There have been other male mergansers and several females that have come to visit the lake and then moved on, while Dos has stayed.
I'm beginning to think that maybe he is hurt somehow and can't fly.
I really would have expected him, being a wild bird, to have moved on by now. Especially when the other mergansers came to visit and then moved on.
He does have it good here.
There's no competition really on the lake since other wild ducks only stay a day or so and then move on and my boys (the pekins) are feed daily so I'm sure they don't take that many little fish.
And there are PLENTY of little fish, frogs and insects for Dos to eat.
I don't know if I should call the Georgia Wildlife Services or just let him be.
I hate to think of him being injured, and he seems all well fed and perfectly happy to hang out with my boys.
For all I know, there's NOTHING wrong with him and he's just decided he's got it good here so why not adopt us!
But I have NEVER seen him fly. That's why my husband and I both think he may not be able to.
What are ya'll's thoughts on this??
Here's a pic the boys (Ben and Jmatt) and Dos during the snow we had last week.
And here's another of him and the boys:
It's a regular boy's club around here.
Some of you may have seen me talk about Dos, the male hooded merganser that has been on our lake for over a year now.
He just kinda adopted us.
There have been other male mergansers and several females that have come to visit the lake and then moved on, while Dos has stayed.
I'm beginning to think that maybe he is hurt somehow and can't fly.
I really would have expected him, being a wild bird, to have moved on by now. Especially when the other mergansers came to visit and then moved on.
He does have it good here.
There's no competition really on the lake since other wild ducks only stay a day or so and then move on and my boys (the pekins) are feed daily so I'm sure they don't take that many little fish.
And there are PLENTY of little fish, frogs and insects for Dos to eat.
I don't know if I should call the Georgia Wildlife Services or just let him be.
I hate to think of him being injured, and he seems all well fed and perfectly happy to hang out with my boys.
For all I know, there's NOTHING wrong with him and he's just decided he's got it good here so why not adopt us!
But I have NEVER seen him fly. That's why my husband and I both think he may not be able to.
What are ya'll's thoughts on this??
Here's a pic the boys (Ben and Jmatt) and Dos during the snow we had last week.

And here's another of him and the boys:

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