You folks know that area and the ducks but, as most ducks sleep on the water, the idea of a terrestrial predator doesn't fly. Snappers may scoop up numerous ducklings and goslings and can attack an adult but not several. I wouldn't put away the human possibility. John
--- John and Sue Gregoire 5373 Fitzgerald Rd Burdett, NY 14818-9626 "Conserve and Create Habitat" N 42.44307 W 76.75784 On 2020-05-31 20:26, John and Fritzie Blizzard wrote: > Are any of you considering a night-time attack when the ducks would have been > asleep & not aware of danger from owl or weasel? I agree with Chris. > > Fritzie Bllizzard On May 31, 2020, at 11:53 AM, Christopher T. > Tessaglia-Hymes <c...@cornell.edu> wrote: > >  Just throwing this out there as another possibility: weasel or ferret. > > This is, as I understand it, classic kill method used by these Mustelids. > TheyâEUR(tm)ve been know to kill off an entire flock of chickens in a night, > severing heads with minimal disruption to the rest of the body. > > Thoughts? > > Sincerely, > Chris T-H -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics [1] Rules and Information [2] Subscribe, Configuration and Leave [3] Archives: The Mail Archive [4] Surfbirds [5] BirdingOnThe.Net [6] Please submit your observations to eBird [7]! -- Links: ------ [1] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME [2] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES [3] http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm [4] http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html [5] http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds [6] http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html [7] 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/ --