Thank you, Ann, Margaret, and Lin. That helps a lot with my photo captioning.
I did speak with a local and was told that these are all feral ducks. Had heard of feral cats, but this was a new one for me. And, yes Melanie, there was quite a bit of duck poo around.
Another species was the "Egyptian Goose" which "isn't really a goose. It is closely related to the Shelduck, which isn't a duck at all but a cross between a goose and a duck".

Oooh, that is a really pretty one!

It is pretty and really different looking. I have never seen one of those. Those bright legs remind me of Black Bellied Whistling Tree Ducks.

We seem to be overrun here right now with teenage Cardinals and boy are they a rough looking group!






And getting to enjoy female hummers now. The adult males seem to have left over the holiday weekend.

Teenagers are the worst! My molting Blue Jay was under the feeder today and he still looks pretty sorry. At least the squirrel left him alone unlike the Cardinal yesterday.

Those teenage cardinals look like punks Claudia or maybe punk rockers?

Nice hummie photo!

Claudia, love all the teen Cardinals and that pretty lady Hummingbird!

They do kinda look like little thugs.

That really red male Cardinal of mine was still pecking under the bird feeder tonight and I told Mom he looked like a miniature chicken. A very small, very red chicken.

These will be the last of the duck/goose photos. Honest.

FYI, heads up! Changes coming to the site: The thread "Changes are coming!" in Site Talk forum

GrammaChar said:I've been remiss in posting bird photos....But today I ran into a real gaggle of geese and ducks. What are they? No clue as I don't know anything about ducks and geese. I was hiking along Cibolo Creek and ended up with quite a following. Most were friendly, but a large white goose was a little bit aggressive. Here are a few shots to get started. More to come tomorrow.

I think your 3rd duck is probably a black duck. They are almost identical to mallards except they have a black bill and mallards have an orange bill. (so says hubby anyway )

Cindy - and your husband. I had no idea there were so many different varieties of ducks!

GrammaChar, I never get tired of Duck or Geese pictures, love those faces and webbed feet! You've gotten some great shots so don't stop sharing! Love those cute lil' babies!

Thank you, Lin. No more ducks today. I'm off to do....(wait for it)....Chickens!!!!

GrammaChar said:Thank you, Lin. No more ducks today. I'm off to do....(wait for it)....Chickens!!!!

I remember someone posting photos once of some really neat looking chickens so I look forward to your pictures!

GrammaChar, the duck photos are so great!! How wonderful to see so many varieties of ducks in one place. Please post more if you have them.

I also love chicken pictures.

Christine, love em!

those cute widdle chicks!