[mou] Diving Mallards
Craig Brooks
craig.brooks@gmail.com
Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:15:35 -0500
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We watch a pair of Mallards raise young in a small farm pond every Spring.
This year I have noticed the six survivors diving under the water. First
time I've seen that. But then I had never seen Mallards eat fish until las=
t
winter on the Mississippi.
Craig Brooks, Winona
On 6/16/06, Larry Sirvio <lmsirvio@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Saw two young mallards this afternoon in a small drainage pond in the
> parking lot of Rainbow in Cottage Grove. They were diving for food. I mea=
n
> they were diving like a real diver. I timed one of the dives - they were
> completely submerged for 12 seconds! - and then reappeared 20-30 feet fro=
m
> the point of entry. I know they were mallards because when I approached
> the
> pond, the hen mallard came out of some vegetation on the other side of
> the
> pond and swam to her kids. They went to her right away.
>
> Has anyone ever seen this kind of behavior? I actuall got out of my car
> (unhappy motorists did not appreciate the traffic jam) to watch for a bit=
.
> Larry Sirvio
>
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Craig Brooks
"The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of
life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and
those who are in the shadow of life; the sick, the needy, and the
handicapped".
Hubert H. Humphrey
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We watch a pair of Mallards raise young in a small farm pond every Spring.&=
nbsp; This year I have noticed the six survivors diving under the water.&nb=
sp; First time I've seen that. But then I had never seen Mallards eat=
fish until last winter on the Mississippi.
<br>Craig Brooks, Winona<br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 6/16/06=
, <b class=3D"gmail_sendername">Larry Sirvio</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:lmsi=
rvio@comcast.net">lmsirvio@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); marg=
in: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Saw two young mallards this afternoon in a small drainage pond in the<br>pa=
rking lot of Rainbow in Cottage Grove. They were diving for food. I mean<br=
>they were diving like a real diver. I timed one of the dives - they were
<br>completely submerged for 12 seconds! - and then reappeared 20-30 feet f=
rom<br>the point of entry. I know they were mallards because when I approac=
hed the<br>pond, the hen mallard came out of some vegetation on =
the other side of the
<br>pond and swam to her kids. They went to her right away.<br><br>Has anyo=
ne ever seen this kind of behavior? I actuall got out of my car<br>(unhappy=
motorists did not appreciate the traffic jam) to watch for a bit.<br>Larry=
Sirvio
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;(©=BF©)> <br>Craig Brooks<br><br>"The moral test of gove=
rnment is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; th=
ose who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those who are in the sha=
dow of life; the sick, the needy, and the handicapped".=20
<br><br>Hubert H. Humphrey <br>
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