https://earthlife.net/muscovy-duck-behavior/ An encyclopedia of life on earth Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:47:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://earthlife.net/muscovy-duck-behavior/#comment-3040057 Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:02:38 +0000 https://earthlife.net/muscovy-duck-behavior/#comment-3040057 A male muscovy appeared in my pond approximately March 2023. He was observed attacking a heron that luckily got away. All the rest of the year, it was aggressively trying to fit in with various Canadian Geese flocks, but never saw him actually attack any. Today, December 5, I saw him kill a heron. I saw no other geese or ducks, just a heron or two. It looked like he was trying to eat the heron after it was killed. I’m assuming it is a feral bird. Is that common behavior for a feral? But you mentioned positive training to reduce muscovy aggression. Can that be done with a feral bird? If so, how? I’m concerned about it attacking my grandchildren. Thank you.

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