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Wild Ducks in the garden
Anyone know anything about the sociology and natural history of Mallard
ducks? We have an intriguing situation in our garden. The same family of mallard take up residence in our garden every year (have done for about the last five years). They consist of a pair and a younger drake. They always arrive, from who knows where, in the third week in March and always leave, for who knows where, in the third week of June. In the meantime they waddle happily around the garden, completely unafraid of us and roost under various hedges. Occasionally they nibble at the wild bird seed we put down; on hot days they dabble in our pond and on one occasion we had to check the young drake into our local vet. (He had dislocated his hip in a clumsy landing, it was ok after a week of anti-inflamatory injections, physiotherapy and feeding and was returned to its parents(?) fit and well - the vet did it all for free - because it was a wild animal). We have never seen any signs that these mallard are actually breeding here - although a fair amount of ducky eroticism seems to go on - not all of it straight. Any body got any ideas where these mallard might get to between June and the following March. Are mallard migratory? rjbl |
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