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 Gainsborough's Native Oregon Wildlife  Oregon is famous for a lot of wildlife and Gainsborough is no exception. |
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Here you will see a Mallard duck with her babies. We have several sets of wild mallard ducks that choose to fly into Gainsborough to hatch their young every year. From wildlife to homeowners Gainsborough is a nice safe place for you to NEST. |
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This is one of our Mandarin ducks. These ducks are
not native to Oregon although an Oregon duck breeder did raise them. We
LOVED the colors and marking of these ducks and decided to purchase a pair of
them and "set them free" on our waterway. Our Mandarin ducks are some of
the homeowners favorite ducks. They have learned well from the Mallard
duck friends and now fly in and out of Gainsborough as they please. They enjoy the "good life" at Gainsborough and you can too! Call (800) 689-1390 to schedule your personal tour! |
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Hey mom... You can't hide that easy! Here is another set of Mallard babies. Isn't it great to play peek-a-boo with the ducks! Don't worry once you bring food instead of a camera they all come out to play! |
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WOW... Look at this duck! He may not seem familiar to you or anyone from America. He flew here from Siberia! One of our homeowners, Ray Holmberg, noticed him along our waterway and watched him for days. He could not find any ducks that looked like him in his "bird book" and decided to call upon a friend in the Birding community. He sent photos out on the web and WOW did he get a response. Pretty soon there were birders flying here from all over the country just to see this special duck. He is a wild duck and flies in and out of Gainsborough. We hope our new friend will visit us on an annual basis. Come live at Gainsborough for a chance to see this unusual Siberian duck! |
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This
is our Red-tailed Hawk. He is the BEST fisherman we have! This is
one big hawk. He loves to go fishing and chases off all the other hawks.
Every community needs one bad bird and his guy is ours! Here he is seen watching homeowners Tom & Mary Koebrich BBQ in their backyard. Normally he just watches you and is as interested in you as you are in him. He has however been known to steal a chicken leg right off the hot barbeque so watch that meat or be kind and share a snack with our watch bird! |
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I love this photo. It is hard to see in this photo but here is one of our
"Blonde" baby Mallard ducklings. This duckling is so cute and a much lighter color
than a normal mallard duck. Yes, she is blonde although she grew up to be
a great mother and guarded her flock very well. She is not the "dumb
blonde" we thought she might grow up to be. See even nature can make a
smart blonde! |
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Here nature was not so kind and a mother duck did not return to her nest. One of our homeowners noticed the eggs and asked me for help. I took the eggs home to my daughter, Kaila Rosenburg, and we made a incubator out of a small fish tank and to our surprise these three ducks hatched out of the eggs on Mother's Day. My daughter was amazed as she saw the first egg crack. It took them quite a while to hatch out of their eggs and my daughter took great care of them until they were old enough to release back into Gainsborough's Waterway. On the left the ducks were a few days old and on the right, Kaila is releasing them into our waterway. WAY TO GO KAILA! Come be a humanitarian with us at Gainsborough Homes! |
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On the right is one of our many Wood Ducks, we call him Woody,
he was our first Wood Duck to call Gainsborough "Home" and never seems to find the need to leave our community. He found a friend in a female Mallard duck and before long they were inseparable, they were always seen together and then... |
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...It must have been LOVE because soon we found Woody and the Female Mallard with their own little surprise! Woody and his family are very happy at Gainsborough. Come find your happiness too at Gainsborough Homes! |
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| Our Waterway "River Avon"! |
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Here you can see our homeowner, Meredith Loudon, feeding
our goose! Meredith lives on our waterway and has trained the ducks and geese to eat right out of her hand! Come join Meredith hand feed wildlife right here at Gainsborough! |
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| Here is more of our waterway filled with geese and ducks. |
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Come enjoy the "Good Life"
Come enjoy Gainsborough Homes! |
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| Call (800) 689-1390 to schedule your personal your! |
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