Yesterday, we learned how to say Ma-Ma and Da-Da in the duck language, the (QUACK!). Today, we are going to step it up and learn how to complete a full sentence! What is the greeting call? It is a five to seven note series of sounds that sound like a string of multiple quacks. In my opinion, it is a mallard hen sitting in a field or timber hole, watching and welcoming other ducks as they fly over and land. If it is a natural duck sound, then learn how to do it! I like to start out loud in my first couple of notes and then taper off. Remember how we blew the quack? We fogged the window with our hot air.
For the greeting call, we will push slightly more air from our mouth and a little less from the diaphragm while saying “aink’. Use the tongue behind the teeth when cutting off notes because cadence (rhythm) is very important to this call. Below, find an a link to listen to a greeting call and the visual image of a greeting call cadence.
As you see on the graph above, the notes start out with a high loud pitch and taper off. Did you notice the distance between each note? Equal in timing! If you take one piece of advice from me on calling then take this one, learn how to blow the mallard quack and the mallard greeting call and you can kill ducks. How did I learn? I learned from listening to REAL ducks on the water!
Need a little coaching? Email the sound files from your phone to Rocky@DuckSouth.com.