Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flocks of mallards

[Nancy]

Yes, these are fields of harvested grains-oats, wheat and rye I believe. So 
short enough for the mallards to be gleaning leftover grain.

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> On Sep 10, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Jody W Enck  wrote:
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> 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
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> 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
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Flocks of mallards

[Jody W Enck]

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

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Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org


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