Where are all of the ducks?

I noticed the other day that there are no ducks here. We have very few birds as well. Maybe some of the smaller ones and a few pigeons are running around. They are all probably all in the Amazon Rainforest anyway. But I do not see ducks. This is interesting to me. Coming from Minnesota where there are mallards and such everywhere in the summer (along with geese and their poop, but I don't miss that at all. Those geese are mean and the poop messy.) The ducks would waddle along the backyard heading to the pond. They were so cute, even the ducklings tagging along behind. We would go to the pond with a loaf of bread and feed them in the summer when the boys were little.

Then the ugly ducks, and I do mean ugly ducks, in Florida. They would waddle across the road and you have to stop because it is actually illegal to hit them. They liked to sit on Abuelo's fence and poop on his patio. It was fun chasing them away. But still them waddling along the yard was kind of cute, well their walk anyway.

Then you get here and nothing. My husband says they are on the golf courses all of the time. But I do not golf, nor do I ever want to. But I miss the birds chirping in the mornings, and the ducks waddling by. Maybe Brazil has intelligent ducks, which is a euphemism I know. But what if it is true? They all congregate on the golf course because they are safe there. No one is going to eat them. But if they were about town, I bet they would be served up as the daily special at the sidewalk grills (people standing on the street corner with a table, food and a grill, literally). I am going to assume this is true and look forward to the day when I can see ducks expressing their freedom to waddle down the street safely.