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What to do about these blasted ducks?

A flock of ducks has made a nest in the bushes just outside the bedroom window. These ducks are the most ... urgent ... birds in the world about reproduction. They have been going nonstop for 48 hours now and don't seem inclined to change that any time soon.

Noisy, fluttery, flappy, bush-rustly, the critters kick up dust and make sleep almost impossible. It's too danged hot and humid to close the windows.

Buckets of water just don't work - what's that saying about rolling off a duck's back? We mere humans can't get close to them anyhow, they charge right away and nip with a vengeance. I tried playing loud music, they seem to really love the stuff I consider the worst noise in the world (apart from these ... urgent .... ducks).

Can't shoot 'em, either. Fire might work but I don't want to burn the house down. Cats and dogs are scared of 'em, and the 'gator that used to live in the water retention ditch was taken away some while back by the wildlife service. What to do?

Update:

Arrrgggghhhh. The dawn has broken and the light gives them some reason to have very loud duck conversations about .... repro-duck-tion. I don't speak duck, but the discourses are easy to figure out, they are roughly like high school kids.

"Hey, Mr. Big Shot, what makes you think you're so hot? No! No! Yes! Yes! No! No! I mean, yes, but I'm supposed to say no!"

"Whoo hoo, fellows of the flock, looky who I got! Little Missy Fluffy Feathers, yeah, you bet, she was hot!"

Back and forth, the females all noisy beforehand, the males all braggarts afterward, and it just goes on and on! Who put Viagra in the ditchwater?!?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I don't know Der Lange, the ducks outside the living room window are suffering from lead poisoning, they don't make any noise.

    Give that a try.

    Peace.

    Source(s): EDIT: I didn't shoot them, they flew backwards into the lead that was at a forward momentum, like the L.A. Police tactics. Honest!!!
  • 1 decade ago

    light fire crackers and scare the crap out of them. they dont even have to be near the ducks. the constant popping will cause them to go away. and repeat if they come back

    >:)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    buy ear plugs :)

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