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  • This is beautiful.

    We used to feed the ducks at the lake in the park.

    We bought poultry food at the local tack and feed store.

    There were dozens of them. When they got spooked and all started flying, the breeze was notable.

    Park eventually put in a sign to stop feeding them and took out the benches.

    by whartung
  • This is triggering my anatidaephobia.
    by luipugs
  • It doesn't fool Merlin Bird ID app on my iPhone
    by HoldOnAMinute
  • This is lovely. Tried on speaker, will try with headphones.

    I have a chicken farm (and a pig farm but I manage the chickens myself). I want to start a duck farm with a fish pond. Living in a small village and enjoying these things in real life actually changed my life in ways that I cannot explain.

    I still (get agents to) write software but my daily life is around the farm and village life (mostly a Sun centric routine). I have to share a bunch of photos, not doing that enough. And I want to record all the bird sounds. Perhaps host a livestream. I live here; the home stay is by the host family: https://maps.app.goo.gl/TEUSdwvko2DRWmou5

    by brainless
  • I don't know who came up with idea that bread is bad for ducks but it ruined one fishing spot for me. There was a place where people were feeding bread to sucks and fly fishing there was awesome. Carps, chubs, crucians, rudds and roaches, even nases! All on dry flies. Then someone put out sign that bread harms ducks so people stopped feeding them and after a while all fish just disappeared.
    by dvh
  • I like the simulation. They do 'dabbling' and 'picking insects' but they dont ever seem to do 'ducking' (tail up, head underwater).

    Ducks are named after 'ducking' ... or possibly, 'ducking' is named after Ducks.

    edit: also please remove hard ceiling of 120 peas. I want to throw more peas

    by codeulike
  • More info at the repo:

    https://github.com/celphase/duck-pond

    Also replies by author in this sub thread below:

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50131006#50135405

    by andai
  • I have nothing to add other than this is very relaxing and I love duck’s names.
    by cainxinth

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