Yes, these are fields of harvested grains-oats, wheat and rye I believe. So short enough for the mallards to be gleaning leftover grain.
Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 450 dogs since 2005! Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org Sent from my iPad > On Sep 10, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Jody W Enck <j...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > Hi Nancy, > Thanks for the post about flocks of mallards in farm fields. It brought back > fond memories of growing up on our farm in south-central PA. Sometimes mixed > flocks of dabbling ducks would land to feed in our harvested small grain > fields (wheat, barley, oats) in late summer, but they seemed especially > attracted later in the fall and early winter to the harvested corn fields. > They would come and go at different times of day, but I have wonderful > memories of lots and lots of birds coming into those fields between sunset > and dark. Much fun! > > Thanks for the memories. > Jody > > Jody W. Enck, PhD > Program Development and Evaluation > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > > From: Nancy > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 8:58 AM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L > > There have been flocks of a couple hundred mallards in the ag fields around > our house lately. Is it unusual to see them in such great numbers on land? > They have been in the field at the corner of Perry City and Dubois rds, and > also in the field next to our home at 5011 Dubois. Along with lots of geese... > > Nancy Cusumano > > Cayuga Dog Rescue has saved more than 475 dogs since 2005! > Learn more at cayugadogrescue.org > > > Sent from my iPad > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
