Another drive behind Fremont's Water Filtration Plant. Two adult Bald Eagles perched over the warm, open-water stream emanating from the plant. About 50 beautiful wild Mallards were grabbing the "shiners" and I watched their antics when trying to swallow them whole. Around 5:30pm several Mallards flew in from who knows where, a pair. For the next 20 minutes, pair after pair of Mallards flew into the warm stream. They came in by the pair and in flocks up to twelve birds. But always in combinations of pairs, male and female. I stopped counting after 189 Mallards landing in 20 minutes. They seemed VERY wild; i.e., nervous about my car although it was a hundred feet away, heads bobbing, making several fly overs before landing, bullet-shaped, calling others still airborne, etc. Only 8 Black Ducks were among them. The Bald Eagles looked down upon the scene, but made no move towards them. A nice scene to witness at the end of the day. They faithfully come there at dusk. Robert at CREATE A WILDLIFE FRIENDLY YARD. http://wildlifefriendlylawn.blogspot.com/ Keep your sense of proportion by regularly, preferably daily, visiting the natural world. - Catlin Matthews ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]