We're reading Ohio-Bird in Salem, Oregon in preparation for a trip to Ohio starting next week.
We're more than a block from any ponds, but we have mallards visit our tray feeders front and back regularly. They also take drinks from the bird baths front and back.
The tray feeder in the backyard is near the base of a sequoia that has a squirrel feeder on it. The mallards usually fly into the yard to the east or north of this tree, check out the ground under the squirrel feeder and then proceed west to the tray. We see them from September through early June. Once the weather heats up, they disappear. Clearly the opposite of fair weather birds.
Of course, these are west coast Mallards and perhaps not behaving normally due to the humidity.
Marti and Lew Ligocki
P.S. We just had a yard first - a Cooper's Hawk dropped into the front yard, walked around a bit and then flushed two birds, we think dark-eyed juncos (Oregon race) from the holly that borders the sidewalk. Outcome unclear. We think dinner got away, because we didn't see that the Cooper's flew away with anything, but we didn't have a clear view. We've had Sharpie's several times, but this is the first Cooper's observed since January, 2001.
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From: Larry DeAtley
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Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 1:38 PM
Subject: [Ohio-birds] Normal Mallard behavior???
Is it normal behavior for Mallards to come and eat underneath a bird feeder?
We have a pond so I am used to seeing them around but for the first time I
have seen them come into the backyard and eat from underneath one of the
bird feeders. They have visited that area 3 times today. I have never seen
them do that before. I was just curious. Here is a photo I was able to
take:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/larrydeatley/4538392393/
Larry
Orient
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