[wisb] strange mallard behavior
- From: "Terri Welisek" <terriw@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:01:15 -0500
A couple weeks ago a mallard hatched 11 little ones. Two days later she was
gone and one remained in our pond. Each day she comes in and visits. The
solo duck is growing and seems to hang near the pair of geese that are still
trying to hatch a nest (which never will as they were oiled by golf course
management this spring). Yesterday the female mallard was in the pond with 2
young the same size as the solo chick but the chick did not join the group.
Is it possible the solo chick imprinted on the geese and that is why it
remains?
Good Birding,
Terri Welisek
Sherwood, WI
Calumet County
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