tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207784828235333062.post4068321354931494499..comments2023-05-05T08:29:06.215-05:00Comments on The Burnett HomePlace: Muscovy Duck- The LowdownHelene Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15372256605575022331noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207784828235333062.post-33589278487166238452009-09-20T10:43:27.534-05:002009-09-20T10:43:27.534-05:00That must have been quite a picture -- Canoe Guy a...That must have been quite a picture -- Canoe Guy and his faithful duck retainer cruising down your street.Helene Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372256605575022331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207784828235333062.post-13373745860966242402009-09-18T18:41:28.860-05:002009-09-18T18:41:28.860-05:00A neighbor of ours has one of these ducks. She too...A neighbor of ours has one of these ducks. She took it out to swim when Village Lake became Village River. If you remember this is when I told you about the guy canoeing down the road.Mrs. Hangmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06801253146906037872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207784828235333062.post-38264742970736310132009-09-18T09:23:19.360-05:002009-09-18T09:23:19.360-05:00I'd forgotten how much they loved hunting gras...I'd forgotten how much they loved hunting grasshoppers. Do you remember the pinkie mice incident? Fascinating, yet horrifying how they gobbled them right down. They kept returning to that spot and looking....Helene Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15372256605575022331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207784828235333062.post-60290597469539192032009-09-18T00:36:58.552-05:002009-09-18T00:36:58.552-05:00Of all the different ducks we have had out here th...Of all the different ducks we have had out here this is my favorite. They are like geese in their love of treeing city folk. Feeding time is is always a hoot. If they are in a mixed pen, Muscovy eat first.<br />I believe my favorite memory of thees ducks was taking them out to hunt grass hoppers. They would charge headlong at their prey and run over anyone in their path, people included.<br />ArtArthur B. Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181435760518570136noreply@blogger.com