Talking with a duckling

Last year we hatched ducklings on the homestead who are now in duck mode. Today I went out to clean their water and a male duckling called a drake approached me to talk. I talked and said uh-huh and he continued then he walked off. I went to change the flocks water and the drake approached again to talk but this time was looking up between his sounds. Drakes don’t quack. Only hens quack. I said uh-huh to him and looked up and saw a raptor. I said un-huh?! Then I said to myself alright I am talking to a duck and understanding him. The animals have a way of making me laugh on the homestead.