I grew up on a farm and we had some tame ducks (eastern callers) on the pond, about 300 yds behind the house. Now the barn, where we kept feed, was by the house.
Every day at feeding time, these ducks would walk, single file up the cow path, from the pond to the barn. Quack, chatter, get in your way, just generally fuss, until you fed them. Once they had cleaned up all the feed, they would FLY back down to the pond and stay there until feeding time the next day.
