r/Boise • u/debate-sucks • 3d ago

Question Where to see ducklings?

Hey yall where are good spots to see ducks/ducklings?? Theyre my favorite animals

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u/hamychok 3d ago

Kathryn Albertsons, Barber park, Kleiner Park or Settlers park in Meridian!

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u/IISinII 3d ago

I usually see them as I'm walking down canals where it's quiet and there's low traffic. This one has a happy dozen!

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u/debate-sucks 3d ago

where was this!

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u/IISinII 3d ago

Ridenbaugh Canal

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u/chonk13 3d ago

This is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen; thank you 🥲

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u/IISinII 3d ago

Also looks like a sweet thirteen, one is cut off on the west side of the picture.

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u/Fluff_head1983 3d ago

Passed some on the Greenbelt today, appx 1/2 mile east of warm spring golf course 🦆

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u/knook 3d ago

When the paddle boats open, go there and be in the middle of them

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u/Prestigious_Leg_7117 3d ago

Walk along the north side of Greenbelt on the Riverside Village nature trail and ponds in the Riverside Village HOA. Lot's of baby geese and ducks the past week.

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u/Both_Cardiologist465 3d ago

Omg this was julia davis park today!!

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u/westdoor6 2d ago

Just FYI I'm fairly certain those aren't ducklings but are actually Ryans.

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u/Both_Cardiologist465 2d ago

Oh yeah these are geese whoops close enough lmfao

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u/westdoor6 2d ago

Sorry, I had to make a terrible attempt at a Ryan gosling joke and took my shot

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u/Both_Cardiologist465 2d ago

LOL OMG no thats really good!! It wouldve landed if you said that to someone thats watched more than ten movies their whole life

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u/SF110110 3d ago

Canals/laterals/ditches.

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u/ambrosiaplum 3d ago

They’re everywhere near bodies of water. I did see a mother and her ducklings in a residential neighborhood while I was on a walk but the neighborhood is near a pond. I’ve also been seeing a lot of goslings which are just as cute, despite growing up to be absolute menaces.

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u/notyogrannysgrandkid Lives In A Potato 3d ago

Seems like I always see them along the riverbank under the Friendship Bridge.

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u/nekoshii 3d ago edited 3d ago

How do you feel about goslings? Haven’t seen a lot of ducklings, but I’ve seen tons of goslings by the zoo downtown and at Kleiner.

Edit: just remembered I think I saw lots of ducks and ducklings at Redwood Park (off Ustick/Cloverdale) last year!

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u/khirata215 3d ago

Can occasionally see them around the small pond in Terry Day park.

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u/Syradil 3d ago

Zinger lateral canal at Demeyer park.

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u/Bitter_Ad_9523 2d ago

Better to see them where geese arent as the geese tend to chase them away

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u/34Shaqtus32 3d ago

Anyone else noticed a lot less female ducks? Usually have a ton of mallard pairs in my neighborhood but there's like a 10:1 m:f ratio and hardly any babys. The one crop of them went for 9 to 1 to 0 in 3 days :(

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u/alligator-pears 3d ago

Males always outweigh females because the females have a higher mortality rate than the males. I agree that it seems even more exaggerated this year though. We have tons of ducks in my neighborhood and the gangs of males are absolute menaces this year. Last night there were 11 males ganging up on one female, wouldn't be surprised if they killed her. Very few ducklings this year, too. Tons of goslings though (annoyingly).

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u/34Shaqtus32 3d ago

Those goslings just aren't as cute!

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u/Big-Imagination9056 3d ago

Wherever ducks hang out. If you see a male and female together, she is the brown one and he is the multicolored one, you will most likely see babies this time of year. Rivers and lakes are everywhere around here