This is Gertrude, or Gertie, our "resident duck" on our pond! She was a baby duckling last year that I used to feed as she cannot quack and was getting bullied by the other ducks. I taught her to come to a little place in the reeds to be fed away from the others, and she was happy with that idea. She will almost eat out of my hand now, and is getting quite fearless! She is not afraid of our cats either; Genghis has no interest what so ever, and Xander does his best to catch her but she has the "upper wing" being able to fly!!!! She usually arrives in the afternoon around 2pm and wanders around the garden or swims in the pond, waiting to be fed. She does try to quack but nothing happens, so she has a silent quacker I'm afraid!! She is very sweet really, and getting more and more brave.
Here is Xander sitting by the edge of the pond watching Gertie swimming around!!!!! Lovely sight!
This is Gertrude, or Gertie, our "resident duck" on our pond! She was a baby duckling last year that I used to feed as she cannot quack and was getting bullied by the other ducks. I taught her to come to a little place in the reeds to be fed away from the others, and she was happy with that idea. She will almost eat out of my hand now, and is getting quite fearless! She is not afraid of our cats either; Genghis has no interest what so ever, and Xander does his best to catch her but she has the "upper wing" being able to fly!!!! She usually arrives in the afternoon around 2pm and wanders around the garden or swims in the pond, waiting to be fed. She does try to quack but nothing happens, so she has a silent quacker I'm afraid!! She is very sweet really, and getting more and more brave.
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