About four or five years ago we had a family of Mallards, where six of the seven ducklings would regularily dive to feed. We watched as they grew, but I don't remember whether all of the six continued diving as they got older.
Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Sirvio" <[email protected]> To: "MOU" <[email protected]>; "Mike Reiter" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 5:42 PM Subject: [mou] Diving Mallards > Saw two young mallards this afternoon in a small drainage pond in the > parking lot of Rainbow in Cottage Grove. They were diving for food. I mean > they were diving like a real diver. I timed one of the dives - they were > completely submerged for 12 seconds! - and then reappeared 20-30 feet from > the point of entry. I know they were mallards because when I approached > the > pond, the hen mallard came out of some vegetation on the other side of > the > pond and swam to her kids. They went to her right away. > > Has anyone ever seen this kind of behavior? I actuall got out of my car > (unhappy motorists did not appreciate the traffic jam) to watch for a bit. > Larry Sirvio > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > [email protected] > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net >
