Black-bellied Whistling Ducks: NARRATED
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- čas přidán 4. 11. 2019
- Black-bellied Whistling Ducks whistle when alarmed ... but they look like an animated Disney musical number. PLEASE CLICK 'LIKE' IF YOU APPRECIATE THE MOVIE.
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Hi! Zoologist and duck lover here. Twitchy wings isn't actually a nervous thing, they do it cuz they're hot. They quiver their wings to release warm trapped air and get fresh cool air up against the skin by the wing membrane.
Oh ho! Thanks for that explanation. I'll pin your comment in hopes that some of the future viewers will notice it.
Your commentary was so cute. I like how you described how they "finish off their look" with white eyeliner and coral beaks. So cute!
"like a worry-wart, drumming their fingers" the personification is adorable! yoyo-necks. love it.
Thank you, Anya, and welcome to my channel. All my videos combine solid info with the humor you appreciate so much. May I suggest a few of my favorites? Bowl and Doily Spiders, Green Herons Feeding Fledglings, The Importance of Putting in Native Plants, and Wood Storks.
I enjoyed learning about these charming ducks . Those peach colored bills are so pretty. I enjoyed seeing look up at the sky and whistle. They are a big beautiful duck . I LOVE ducks 💗💗
I agree with you about ducks, Pamela. What's so nice is how seldom they hide behind foliage, right? You can SEE them. And I love how the soft beiges of the Whistling Ducks set off those coral bills.
We have a couple flocks of whistlers that visit us in Southeastern Florida. My wife and I agree with a couple adjectives we've seen used for them, including vociferous and boisterous. But they are also pugnacious, with each group sort of like a gang who have sworn an oath to protect one another. Very entertaining birds! I promise you, watching these birds will make you laugh.
Sorry to be slow responding, Keith. I've been out of town. I will say this about them making a person laugh: Yes, indeed!
I just had a couple visiting my pond last week. I’ve never seen this species of duck before so it was really cool.
Hi Jo! Thanks for sharing! We are duck parents to a Black-bellied Whistling duck since July. Is a rescue duck, no family so we took it on. It's 4 months old and hangs out with us all day and with our dogs. Comes when called and loves to land on our heads. It's imprinted on us and clearly we have as well, lol. Still trying to figure out if it's a boy or a girl though, keep calling it a she but who knows. HA! Love learning about these guys!
I can't imagine I added much to your store of knowledge, Krista. Sounds like you know a hundred times more about these ducks than I do--and get a thousand times more enjoyment from the one you know. When she(?) lands on your head, is it heavy? Seems like it would be.
This recently happened to me , too. It was alone on the street, about to be ran over and no farms around me would take it in. I did my research and am currently raising it. Do you have any tips. Because I wanted to know if I should atleast get another duckling to socialize it. But from your experience, it sounds fine as it is. Idk, i’ll take anything.
I live in Live Oak, Florida. I’ve heard their noise before but never saw them up close until two days ago when I was on the road and there were a pair in a water ditch.
I only saw them in a flock-which I prefer if I get a say in it. But I’m sure you’ll take whatever you can get and be happy for it.
I saw 2 of these in Austin, TX area right after Hurricane Harvey, they were amazing, ducks with bright orange-red bills and making sounds like the other birds, not quacks. It was astounding!
I'm glad you found this video to remind you of the experience.
Hey Jo. Love your video. ❤❤A black-bellied Whistling Duck hung out in my tree this morning. Such gorgeous birds.
You're lucky to have one right there on your property. Enjoy! And thanks for letting me know you liked the video.
They're very loud, but irresistible. They also perch and even nest in trees, which is unusual for ducks.
I've never had a chance to see them perch or nest in trees. Interesting. And yes, they're loud--don't know that I'd care to have them in my yard.
THAT was awsome. A patient that I drew blood on in Arizona told me about these birds and i just had to check them out!!! Thank you so much for your informative and entertaining video!
My pleasure, Moe. Especially when I get such generous praise for it. Thanks for commenting.
We have a pair in our front yard in Brevard county Fl. Never seen them before and I was born and raised here, they're so pretty!!!
We can work in the yard with them around and we both keep our distance. They just watch us and wag their tails. We also have 4 woodland cranes that come by and they will eat with them. I could watch them for hours.
Love your narration. This video was very entertaining and informative!
Dang. I had to work hard and use a long distance camera to get decent footage of these beautiful ducks. Some people have all the luck. Enjoy.
And thanks for the compliment on my narration and script. Actually I have filmed quite a bit in Florida - just not the blackbellied whistling ducks there. Of all the movies I’ve made about Florida birds my two favorites are about the reddish egret and the wood stork. I have no idea whether you have seen those birds or have any curiosity about them, but just in case…
Had some on my farm today In Pittsfield, IL. Never seen them before, I hope they stick around!
Well done! I always enjoy your movies, especially when I learn something new. Keep them coming.
You and I both learned with this movie. I had never even heard of these ducks until last August. Thanks for telling me how much you enjoy what I put out there, Kathy.
I absolutely LOVE them!!! Great video, thank you!! 💖
I’m in Florida and we have seen them in the pond behind our home.
I'm in central Florida and we have a pair that eat the seed in our front yard that we leave out for the cranes. There is water nearby but not as close as you'd expect ducks to wander away from.
I live in St. Louis and work by the airport. A family of these were walking across our parking lot and heading for a lake at least a half mile away with busy traffic. Me and my coworkers slowly directed them back to the creek and shrub cause we were afraid they would get hit by cars. The next few days I didnt see any dead ducks on the road so I believe they made it!
Good story, Bob--especially for someone who lives in Ferguson. What year did that happen?
These are so cute!
Love the narration. So gentle and sweet!
Thank you, Andres.
There's a "famous" whistling duck in Jupiter named Stu. He is at the Busch Wildlife Sanctuary. Such a character! Before being rescued, he was seen at garage sales, and watching live music at the local restaurant.
That was fun to read about, Dawn. At garage sales, huh?! Guess he lost his flock and went looking for new companions.
Jo, the ducks came within about five feet of me today, the first time after about ten days of feeding them. I am going to wear the same clothes every day from now on. Hopefully, they will recognize me and come closer when they see me. I thought it would take much longer than this to see some signs of trust. 😊😊😊
Susan Ruiz yay!!! Where do you live?
Jo Alwood Florida, on the Space Coast. This area is covered in lakes and ponds.
They are one of nature's best kept secrets! 💖
Love the fashion details Jo, kinda like narrating a runway show and also, of course, hearing the whistles. They are a beautiful bunch with a lot of personality and you've highlighted their most interesting facts with lovely scenes including the aerial at the end!
The fact that you liken the fashion details to a runway show tells me my fashion metaphor came through loud and clear, Cathy. There's another wildlife videographer, Clive Bramham, who starts each movie with an establishing shot of the whole scene. It seems like an excellent idea--which somehow I never remember to do. (But the flight shots at the end sort of accomplish the same thing.)
They did and a lovely way to bring attention to ID'ing their colors and markings!
I wish I would have made it out there to see these cute ducks! Thanks for sharing
I bet they'll be back next year, Lisa. And now that you know how cute they are, maybe you'll take the time to go see them.
Feathered pretzel!!! I love it. My boys got a letter from Sunny the Mail Snail about black bellied whistling ducks, so I wanted to find a video to hear their whistle. This was great, thank you! )
You're more than welcome.
Never knew ducks did anything but quack! Great video!
Neither did I, Chuck. Aren't these ducks fun? And comical. Glad you liked the video.
I love this! Your narration is sweet and charming and very interesting! We have a duck box for the first time and as of today, 18 eggs. We are excited! It has been such an interesting and fun journey watching the parents care for each other and swoop in to lay their egg...Mother in th box and Dad nearby making sure all is okay (though each time he enters a bit after she does, as though to encourage her for the process. When she is finished...she sticks her head out and signals him and they join one another (in low flight at first) to whatever pond-adventure they go to for the night. BTW, they never fly home before carefully perusing the area below from a roof or treetop before entering their Tiny House! Delightful creatures. Thank you for posting this!
How did I miss this interesting comment? Let me respond--better late than never? Thanks for the praise of the Whistling Duck movie. And I wonder what kind of ducks you were getting in the box. Wood Ducks? Hooded Mergansers? I've done films on how both those species raise their babies. But I was unaware that the male stuck around in those cases.
I’ve never heard of them. Thanks for your fun, informative movies!❤️
I had never heard of them myself before this summer, Berta, but I sure did find them fun to watch.
I just received a rare bird alert from the CT Audubon. "3 Black Bellied Whistling ducks at a pond in West Haven, Connecticut." 😃
They're moving north, for sure! And here we thought Missouri was a big step for them. Are you gonna go see them?
Spotted this duck on the Mississippi River Flyway Cam, (explore.org). Informative movie. Thank you.
My pleasure, Susan.
What a treat to see some birds I've never seen before, not even in pictures! Thanks for sharing yet another interesting video with your very enjoyable narration!
I have a Pair that are hanging around where I live near Houston. Love this Description ❣
Thanks. I always enjoy hearing from someone who has been enjoying my narratives.
Great narration. Thanks.
You’re welcome, Carol. And thanks for the compliment.
Thank you very much, Jo. I will watch the videos you recommend.
Good. Those ducks are so beautiful; they are well worth learning about.
Excellent narration!
Thanks, Tom. When I started making videos, I didn't plan to narrate, but I'm a retired English teacher, and I couldn't help myself.Eventually my narrations became my trademark. (Sorry to be slow responding. I've been out of town.)
I'm on the coast of Alabama south of Mobile and have had a pair of these duck hanging out here for the last few days. We're having very stormy weather so my farm pond has overflowed into my front pasture. I heard the ducks before I was able to see them but now they seem to be getting braver about being observed and are coming closer to my yard. This is a wonderful video and your narration is informative and fun.
Jo, you always make quality videos. Thanks
What a nice compliment to hear, Bryce. I appreciate it.
This is delightful. Thank you very much.
They are lovely birds.
You're welcome. Here in St. Louis, I don't see them regularly, but I thought they were lovely, entertaining birds.
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Yes, they're gorgeous.
I had not heard of them here in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I watch a Great Horned Owl live cam in Texas (she laid her first egg) and they have a nest box up for these Ducks for later in the season after the owls are gone.
Its a new addition since their live stream from last nesting season. :)
These ducks sound like songbirds.
Thanks for the wonderful narration.
@@sylphofthewildwoods5518 I'm glad you enjoyed the narration so much. I don't know whether you've checked out any of my other movies, but they're all narrated, with a similar mix of wry humor, information, and observation. Thanks for commenting.
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No, I have not. However, I will check them out.
Thank you! 🌹
@@sylphofthewildwoods5518 I love to hear it. My recent ones use lots of super slomo.
I live in Stamps, Ark. they are beautiful and wasn't afraid
Thanks for your comment, Armagine. It's fun to hear from someone else who has actually seen them.
I live in Fort Worth Texas, for the first time in my 20 years of residence I saw these ducks on the lake by my house. They were the talk of the town. There were 2 adults and 30 ducklings, in addition to about 50 adults. They arrived in late April 2020.
Whoa, that's a lot of them! Yes, I'll bet they WERE the talk of the town.
They are so cute!!
Ain't that the truth?!
Saw one of these at a duck pond in Ecuador today. I heard the call and had no idea what it was. You can imagine my surprise when I find out it came from a duck. There was a Fulvous Whistling duck as well.
Sounds like a wonderful experience, Ted. My husband and I were tentatively planning a trip to the Tandayapa Valley next winter so that I could film exotic hummingbirds. That's probably not going to happen though because of the coronavirus. Have a great time!
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME I can imagine no one will be traveling for along time apart from returning to their respective countries. I hope you had a lot of sightings this Spring migration. Be well.
We built a bridge across a ditch, and that gave us access we've never had to a springfed Creek. We're both enchanted with what we are finding there.
Great video! I love your commentary ! Such funny worriers:)
Thanks for commenting, Sloan. I do try to keep my commentaries lively, and it was easy to do with these "funny worriers".
I've got a hundreds of these in our backyard pond in Florida now. They are pretty ducks.
I have lived in Fl. All my life, hunted ducks since I was a boy (now 80) but have never seen this duck. Now they are foraging in my back yard.Thanks for the tutorial.
Yeah, well, as I said, Bruce, their territory is expanding. And I'm glad of it.
I have been seeing a resident group of 15 or 20 for months. Like you, I hunted all my life and had never come across them until this summer. They fly over every evening at sunset.
I didn't see any of them this summer, but I sure did enjoy filming them last year.
Beautifully done Jo
I really enjoyed your compliment, Mike, because I worked on this movie untilI was sick of it. I'm a nitpicker who can't quit until I've done the best job I can. It's nice to hear you thought it was beautiful.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME Your hard work shows in the finished video.
Very interesting. This bird is new to me.
They are beautiful ... and FUNNY.
Thanks, Jo ... very cute and unusual ducks!
Yes, I think they have charm.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME I agree, that's a good way of saying it! Charm.
I love your videos ! very informative . - From Trinidad and Tobago
It's nice to hear from you. My husband and I visited Asa Wright in 2018, and I loved your island (and did several movies about birds there).
These things are EVERYWHERE in my parents’ neighborhood and make so much noise lol
I can imagine. I'm guessing your parents are in Florida ... or maybe Texas.
Hey Jo, yesterday, one of these ducks showed up here in sunset beach, 3 miles from beach. I have a 300 yard long pond with mallards, about 35-40, with 21 new ducklings...plus18-22 Canada geese...6 gooselings this year.finally found your site and now I know ....only one whistler arrived and he joins the ducks and geese for cracked corn. Neither bother him/her. Thanks for the info.......FM Burfield, aka, Bird....so appropriate...
I wish you the pleasure of a whole flock one of these days! Meanwhile you can enjoy your slice of paradise.
They are beautiful! I have not seen them before!
I hadn't seen them either until last summer. I guess they aren't any prettier than most male ducks, but then most male ducks are beautiful. And I enjoyed filming them.
Florida is infested with them….they are good table fare also. Great video!! 👍🏻🍺
So you like my video but the ducks who star in it ... not so much (since you used "infested" instead of, say, "blessed with").
I had about 30 land in my yard today. Never seen them before. I’m in South Carolina.
Cool! That must have been a jaw dropper.
Female ducks look cute, they don't look like dirty dish water.
Not even cute dirty dish water? I would agree to that much.
“Pear bonds”. lol.
Haha.
Hello, dear friend! I love this species of ducks, they have a very beautiful plumage. I enjoyed watching your video. Like and good luck!
I enjoyed the chance to watch them and film them. I had never seen these ducks before last summer. I'm glad you enjoyed the film.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME It's great to make new discoveries :))
They sound like preteen teenage girls when they get together. Giggling.
Yeah, I like your comparison.
They are in Bluffton, SC, lots of them!
Enjoy!
Awesome tutorial
Tutorial, eh? Well, I am a retired teacher.
Let us hear the ducks
You left out Louisiana, which hosts the largest population of these ducks
These ducks showed up recently in Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
Now THAT is a surprise!
0:45 - 0:47 #LAUGH!😂
I always appreciate when someone lets me know which particular lines in a script grabbed them. So thanks for doing that.
Hello! I have recently become very interested in ducks. We have some in our pond and I think they are whistling ducks. I am giving them cracked corn and they eat it all but they move away when I am in their area. Each day, they go across a canal to a local park and come back to the pond in the late afternoon. I will watch some more of your videos to keep learning.😊😊
You have an interesting situation, Susan. It takes it takes a lot of patience to get any bird to tolerate our presence. For the past couple weeks my husband and I have been spending several hours each day sitting on a bench next to the creek behind our house. We throw dried mealworms on the ground about 5 feet away. So far only Gray Catbirds and Robins will eat there while we're there. As for learning from my other videos, let me help you out with some duck movies. This movie--more than 15 minutes long--contains four short movies about water birds: czcams.com/video/OTrHVw8QA4Q/video.html. You could also check out my films about the mandarin duck, wood duck, Northern shoveler, Blue-Winged Teal, Coots, and a movie called "mallard melee". That list contains most of what I've done on ducks, but I've got 250 or so videos up. No need to confine yourself to the ducks. 😉 Making these movies is a learning experience for me every time, and I wish you fun in turn learning from them.
I just saw some of these guys in my neighborhood in south Texas. I thought I had never seen them before despite living here for years.
So I found this video when looking what their call sounds like. I laughed out loud because I hear that call *often*. Especially if a hawk or falcon is about. I assumed it was some smaller songbird’s warning call.
These guys have been in my neighborhood all along and I’ve been hearing them, but never noticed them.
Well now that you know what they are, you'll look around and enjoy them, right?
Absolutely! I’ve been wondering what bird was “tweeting” in the middle of the night sometimes (I have insomnia and am up late a lot) and it’s definitely these guys. There’s a marsh behind my street and I bet I’m hearing them in the marsh eating at night and warning each other of foxes and coyotes.
@@Annie_Annie__ At least something interesting comes of your insomnia--from a fellow insomnia sufferer.
@@JoAlwoodBIRDSANDTHENSOME The most interesting/frustrating is usually the mockingbird that sometimes decides that 2am is the perfect time to practice his repertoire outside my bedroom window.
I don’t know if the streetlight confuses him or what, but it simultaneously makes me laugh and want to throw a shoe at him.
@@Annie_Annie__ No, he's not confused. Some of them are just nocturnal. As for laugh or throw a show: been there. And well said. Did you see the movie I did about why the mockers sing?
I just moved to Florida and was trying to figure out what those whistles were! 💜
Glad to help.
They are still in my tree
I saw 2 last week in southern ontario canada on top of yhe trees in my woods. Never saw ducks on trees like that so I never knew what they were. Is it rare for them to be here in Canada?
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Thanks Jo, always going to school with you!
LOL. I like the way you put it, Jimmi.
I just put a very short video on Instagram. If you are interested you might be able to tell me what kind of ducks they are. The ones in the video are young ducks who just a few weeks ago were tiny ducklings. My name on Instagram is florida_grannie
I don't know how to do Instagram. You could send me a picture. Here's my email: joalwo7@gmail.com
Wonderful video bad sadly one should never compare their grandeur to SICKEYMOUSE!
What is that blue crane-like bird?
That is a Little Blue Heron, a bird I filmed about the same time as I did the Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. Here's a link, in case you'd like to know more about them: czcams.com/video/NEmwbp5oSwc/video.html
Wonderful video! But don’t compare their grandeur any longer to
S I C K E Y M O U S E!
We agree that they're beautiful, but i guess we'll have to agree to disagree about the Disney musical. When I watch them calling, I feel a little giggle start to well up.
Beautiful. Pakistan
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Had some on my farm today In Pittsfield, IL. Never seen them before, I hope they stick around!
From what I understand, once they pick a spot, they're there for the season. I went back to the same location many days over a two or three week period to film them.