[va-richmond-general] Downtown Mallard Nest
- From: "Wingfield, Alan D." <Alan.Wingfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 17:34:21 -0400
There's this desperate, crazy and/or inexperienced Mallard brooding 13
eggs in a planter outside the front door of my downtown Richmond office
building. I am hoping for a Make Way for Ducklings moment, as the canal
is within striking distance, although I worry what happens once the
family hits the water. The canal is not inviting; the James is a far
piece upstream and a dangerous outfall is near downstream. The
Mallard's tactics in dealing with humans is to be absolutely still - not
even a blink of an eye or breathing motion - rather than to flush from
the nest. The planter may not be completely insane - it offers three
foot elevation from the ground, and foliage for a hide.
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