On Sat, 03 Mar 2001 at 08:26:15 -0500, PAUL STENQUIST
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, last night I noticed there were several hundred Mallards in
> the marsh down the street. I'll probably see if I can sneak up on
> them with an LX, a 400/5.6 K, monopod, and perhaps some Portra 800.
No need to sneak. Drop by a feed store and get a couple of pounds of
*rolled* or *cracked* corn as a bribe for the duckies. They are
pretty stupid, but soon figure out when someone is dispensing yummies
for them. You will have them milling about your feet muttering "more,
more" in no time.
Be alert for the presence of other species such as wood ducks among
the mallards.
Footnote: *Rolled* corn is whole kernels passed between a pair of
rollers to crush them somewhat and break the seed coats. *Cracked*
corn has been put through a chopper and is finer. Around here at
least, cracked corn costs more -- and the ducks don't like it as much
as they do rolled corn. Maybe the pieces are hard to see?
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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