if you want birds to come to your pond there,what works better than dekes? food ,yum ,yum, ducks love fowl food ,you can pick-up a 25 lb bag for about $15.00 @ the co-op,pretty soon you will have more ducks [wild] than you can handle I GARENTEE IT !,fun to watch , i have a pond the ducks come into good ,around easter the woodys show-up,had 3-sets coming in regular and the drakes are sure pretty.