[va-richmond-general] Re: Where are the ducks?
- From: Wendy Ealding <wealding@xxxxxxx>
- To: bob@xxxxxxxxxx, va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:07:52 -0500
I have noticed the same thing here all winter in Powhatan. No Buffleheads and
much lower numbers of Ring-necked Ducks than in past years. We do seem to have
the usual numbers of Hooded Mergansers. A friend at my old neighborhood in
Chesterfield is finding the same thing there.
One possible explanation is that there was severe weather during the 2009
breeding season in central and northern Canada - spring was delayed well into
June (to the extent that field trips to Churchill, Manitoba had to be canceled
due to six foot snow drifts). This would tend to affect the Bufflehead and
Ringnecks more than the Hoodies.
Wendy Ealding
Powhatan County
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Coles <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Fri, Feb 5, 2010 8:43 am
Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Where are the ducks?
In the last 16-years when we had lot of ice on the lake we always had a good
mix
f winter ducks among the geese.
his year we had one Long-tailed Duck, a few Mallards, one Snow Goose and two
ied-billed Grebes. The Mallards and Grebes are here all year.
o, where are the ducks? The numbers seem to have dropped a lot in the last
ouple of years?
ob
ob Coles
ob@xxxxxxxxxx
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