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Ducks at Duke Garden
- To: carolinabirds@acpub.duke.edu
- Subject: Ducks at Duke Garden
- From: LSBarden@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 04:27:27 EST
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Louise and I just visited the ponds at Duke Garden this morning for the first
time. We were amazed to see how tame normally wild ducks are, including (in
full breeding plumage) a male shoveler, two male pintails, and two male and
one female hooded merganser. By tame I mean all of them, even the
mergansers, were eating bread out of peoples' hands. Are these year-round
resident birds, or will they leave soon for the north? In either case, how
did they get so tame?
Larry Barden, 1525-F Lansdale Drive, Charlotte, NC 28205, 704-535-6385