[cayugabirds-l] Flocks of mallards
There have been flocks of a couple hundred mallards in the ag fields around our house lately. Is it unusual to see them in such great numbers on land? They have been in the field at the corner of Perry City and Dubois rds, and also in the field next to our home at 5011 Dubois. Along with lots of geese... Nancy Cusumano Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 475 dogs since 2005! Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flocks of mallards
Hi Nancy, Thanks for the post about flocks of mallards in farm fields. It brought back fond memories of growing up on our farm in south-central PA. Sometimes mixed flocks of dabbling ducks would land to feed in our harvested small grain fields (wheat, barley, oats) in late summer, but they seemed especially attracted later in the fall and early winter to the harvested corn fields. They would come and go at different times of day, but I have wonderful memories of lots and lots of birds coming into those fields between sunset and dark. Much fun! Thanks for the memories. Jody Jody W. Enck, PhD Program Development and Evaluation Cornell Lab of Ornithology From: Nancymailto:nancycusuman...@gmail.com Sent: ?Wednesday?, ?September? ?10?, ?2014 ?8?:?58? ?AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-Lmailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu There have been flocks of a couple hundred mallards in the ag fields around our house lately. Is it unusual to see them in such great numbers on land? They have been in the field at the corner of Perry City and Dubois rds, and also in the field next to our home at 5011 Dubois. Along with lots of geese... Nancy Cusumano Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 475 dogs since 2005! Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flocks of mallards
Yes, these are fields of harvested grains-oats, wheat and rye I believe. So short enough for the mallards to be gleaning leftover grain. Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 450 dogs since 2005! Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org Sent from my iPad On Sep 10, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Jody W Enck j...@cornell.edu wrote: Hi Nancy, Thanks for the post about flocks of mallards in farm fields. It brought back fond memories of growing up on our farm in south-central PA. Sometimes mixed flocks of dabbling ducks would land to feed in our harvested small grain fields (wheat, barley, oats) in late summer, but they seemed especially attracted later in the fall and early winter to the harvested corn fields. They would come and go at different times of day, but I have wonderful memories of lots and lots of birds coming into those fields between sunset and dark. Much fun! Thanks for the memories. Jody Jody W. Enck, PhD Program Development and Evaluation Cornell Lab of Ornithology From: Nancy Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:58 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L There have been flocks of a couple hundred mallards in the ag fields around our house lately. Is it unusual to see them in such great numbers on land? They have been in the field at the corner of Perry City and Dubois rds, and also in the field next to our home at 5011 Dubois. Along with lots of geese... Nancy Cusumano Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 475 dogs since 2005! Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org Sent from my iPad -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
