What a fascinating observation. Per
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Mallard/lifehistory , Mallards eat a
good deal of animal matter, mainly invertebrates, during the summer. In my
experience, it's rare to see them eat any critter that's bigger than a
half-inch or so. However, a couple years
In the shallow bay at the end of the Boulder West trailhead yesterday, our
Boulder Bird Club group observed something very strange. A mother
Pied-billed Grebe was actively hunting and feeding what looked like small
crayfish to her three young (they still had head stripes). They were being
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