Attack by a Green-Head Duck
November 8th 2007 21:16
“My boyfriend in high school and I were walking through the park. I was wearing converse low tops and the laces were a bit long... as we passed by a duck it came after my shoe laces and tried pulling at them. Then it just out right started to attack me and nip at me. That was the first time I was attacked by an animal so I was caught by surprise... so first I tried to gently move it away with my foot... like when you slide something over with your foot... but then it kept coming back and finally I just kicked it to leave me alone and we of course were already walking away. It was one of those ducks with the green head and brown body. Very common duck. There were no ducklings around either so I couldn't figure out why it was so mean.”
Neither can I for that matter. Whenever I see them in the park they seem very timid. As a child, I used to walk around the park trying to find their feathers. Some of their feathers have a brilliant iridescent green/blue colour. I used to love to hold their feathers up into the sun and slowly turn them from side to side, watching the colour change from green to cobalt and vice versa.
The only explanation I can think of for the duck attack is that the green head Mallards are male ducks and certain male ducks can be very aggressive, as I learnt from first hand experience when I had male and female Muscovy ducks. The male one used to nip at my heels all the time.
Neither can I for that matter. Whenever I see them in the park they seem very timid. As a child, I used to walk around the park trying to find their feathers. Some of their feathers have a brilliant iridescent green/blue colour. I used to love to hold their feathers up into the sun and slowly turn them from side to side, watching the colour change from green to cobalt and vice versa.
The only explanation I can think of for the duck attack is that the green head Mallards are male ducks and certain male ducks can be very aggressive, as I learnt from first hand experience when I had male and female Muscovy ducks. The male one used to nip at my heels all the time.
Photo by Trisha M Shears. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
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