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	Gainsborough's Native Oregon Wildlife Oregon is famous for a lot of wildlife and Gainsborough is no exception.



	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 single year. From our wildlife to our homeowners... Gainsborough is a nice safe place to NEST.




	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 their 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!

	After these newborn baby ducklings hatched in a homeowner’s backyard with no mother to be found, I took them home to my daughter Kaila and her best friend Justin to raise until they were old enough to release back into our waterway. The teens instantly took the babies, made them a home and picked out names for them. They named them Brutus and Crackers. The ducklings looked to them as their parents and would quack anytime they wanted anything. The kids taught them well and spoiled them a lot with fresh water, crushed cracked corn and plenty of playtime. Above you will see how comfortable the baby ducks were in their hands. OH, they grow up too fast… The kids and the ducks! LOL
	In December 2010, one of our homeowners, Dick Place, took these photos of a white duck with a green head in our waterway. We are not sure what type of duck it is! If you have any idea, please email us at gainsprk@pacinfo.com or call 800-689-1390. If we find out the breed of duck, we will let you all know right away. It is just a few days away from Christmas; maybe the duck just borrowed Santa's Beard.


	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!



	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!


	This is our Red-tailed Hawk. This is one big hawk! This is his territory so he chases off all the other hawks. He loves to go fishing and is the BEST fisherman we have! Every community needs one bad bird... and this guy is ours! Here he is seen watching homeowners Tom & Mary Koebrich BBQ in their backyard. Normally he just watches and seems to be as interested in you as you are in him. He has however been known to steal a chicken leg right off the barbeque, so watch your food… or be kind and share a snack with our amazing friend!




	I love this photo. It is hard to see in this photo but if you look close you will see one of our "Blonde" baby Mallard ducklings. This duckling is so cute & a much lighter color than a regular mallard duck. Yes, she is blonde, although I am proud to say... she grew up to be a great mother & 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!





	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!





	On the right is one of our many Wood Ducks, we call him Woody, he was our first Wood Duck to call Gainsborough "Home". He 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...



	...It must have been LOVE because soon we found Woody and the Female Mallard with their own little surprise! Wonder what this half wood duck & half mallard duck will look like. We will soon find out and secretly... we hope he looks like his daddy! Woody and his family are very happy here at Gainsborough. Come find your happiness too at Gainsborough Homes!





	Our Waterway "River Avon"!





	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 and hand feed native wildlife right here in your own backyard, only at Gainsborough Homes!



	You know the goose that our homeowner was feeding in the above photo. Well… here is his story! He was born at Gainsborough and when he was very young, unfortunately his wing was injured. When our construction crew came into work, the baby goose was in the field with a broken wing that was sticking straight up in the air. Knowing he could not survive that way, one of our construction guys (Don) chased him around until he 'wore the little guy out' and eventually caught him. What a sight that was, the little guy out ran Don for quite a while. Once he was caught, we had his wing re-set and it healed nicely although he has never been able to migrate with the rest of his Geese friends. He has had friends fly in and out but has mostly only had our homeowners for companionship. A wild female Canadian Goose flew into Gainsborough. He started bringing her food from our homeowners and then it happened... He finally had a girlfriend! They hung around each other constantly and soon she began to nesting. You should have seen him protecting her and her eggs. It was the cutest thing… unless you were a duck! If any duck came anywhere close to her nest, he would throw them across the waterway! Soon the ducks and other wildlife learned to never go near his wife or soon-to-be family! He has done a fantastic job protecting and feeding her! When Pat Hoyland would go feed them daily, he would keep all of the other animals away from their food and he would always let her eat FIRST. Letting her eat first... IT MUST BE LOVE! Then when she was all done eating, he would go up and eat whatever food she did not. Then if he was still hungry, he would go right up to Pat Hoyland and eat out of her hand or her container. He is not shy at all. We would like to congratulate Mr. & Mrs. Goose on their new family! We hope that everything works out well and at least one little goose stays with daddy during migration time. The baby geese will grow up here and learn their migration path from their mother. Hopefully one will NOT learn or at least come home to visit daddy on the weekends! We wish the Goose Family all the best and will enjoy watching their little ones grow up!





Here is more of our waterway filled with geese and ducks.


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