Re: [cayugabirds-l] Diving Mallard Video

[Kyle Gage]

I remember watching mallards diving at a park or water treatment plant in 
Cortland back in the 1980’s. Water was crystal clear & they would go to the 
bottom about 10’-15’ down. 

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> On Mar 6, 2021, at 8:04 AM, Peter Saracino  wrote:
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> 
> Interesting Dave
> I wonder how deep the water IS there. Also do you have a sense from your 
> experience as to how long they can stay under?
> Pete Sar
> 
>> On Sat, Mar 6, 2021, 7:30 AM Dave K  wrote:
>> I've seen Mallards diving along the Cayuga Lake SP shore this season, maybe 
>> more than usual, maybe not.
>> Yesterday I had a chance to watch one diving at Oak Island in Waterloo.
>> The Mallard flock gathers around a Hen with a visible, bright speculum (top 
>> left of video) that is diving for food.
>> If diving is a learned behavior the 100 other Mallards aren't getting it and 
>> she's the only one eating.
>> The melee continues until the Domestics move in and break it up.
>> Video at
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/51008681556/in/datetaken/
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Diving Mallard Video

[Peter Saracino]

Interesting Dave
I wonder how deep the water IS there. Also do you have a sense from your
experience as to how long they can stay under?
Pete Sar

On Sat, Mar 6, 2021, 7:30 AM Dave K  wrote:

> I've seen Mallards diving along the Cayuga Lake SP shore this season,
> maybe more than usual, maybe not.
> Yesterday I had a chance to watch one diving at Oak Island in Waterloo.
> The Mallard flock gathers around a Hen with a visible, bright speculum
> (top left of video) that is diving for food.
> If diving is a learned behavior the 100 other Mallards aren't getting it
> and she's the only one eating.
> The melee continues until the Domestics move in and break it up.
> Video at
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/51008681556/in/datetaken/
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[cayugabirds-l] Diving Mallard Video

[Dave K]

I've seen Mallards diving along the Cayuga Lake SP shore this season, maybe 
more than usual, maybe not.
Yesterday I had a chance to watch one diving at Oak Island in Waterloo.
The Mallard flock gathers around a Hen with a visible, bright speculum (top 
left of video) that is diving for food.
If diving is a learned behavior the 100 other Mallards aren't getting it and 
she's the only one eating.
The melee continues until the Domestics move in and break it up.
Video at
https://www.flickr.com/photos/105424358@N06/51008681556/in/datetaken/

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