millipede Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 So, was a decent birding day today with lots and lots of ducks. Not as many as some of those places where people count thousands but, I saw hundreds and it's significantly more than I've seen all winter... Of course it was only in the teens today and was just bitterly cold with the wind chill... That's the best time to find ducks around here though. Anyway... I lumped this bird in with the mallards... probably 200 mallards at the lake(Siloam Springs, AR, today) As I was observing and thinking about leaving to warm up... I kept hearing some weird squeaking. I don't think I got a recording of it... wish I did. It was very unusual to me. Was not a quack like I'm used to hearing from mallards. Do female mallards ever squeak? I probably need to listen to some more sound files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Looks like a normal Mallard to me. Are you considering Mottled Duck or something? Not much else it could be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millipede Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: Looks like a normal Mallard to me. Are you considering Mottled Duck or something? Not much else it could be. Not really considering anything. The bill alone had me certain it was just a female mallard... that squeak it was making though... I just didn't know what to make of it. So, I had to ask somewhere. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, millipede said: Not really considering anything. The bill alone had me certain it was just a female mallard... that squeak it was making though... I just didn't know what to make of it. So, I had to ask somewhere. 🙂 Female Mallard. That squeak thing sure is weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Yea, it's a Mallard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) The only ducks I know that squeak are the rubber bathtub ones. Somebody should write a song about those. Edited February 14, 2021 by Charlie Spencer 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 @Charlie Spencer Sesame Street - Rubber Duckie (1970 version) sung by Ernie. (I couldn't pass that up) 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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