when they showed up at mine I just figured it was an opputunity for them Russell Lima, Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al La Sala" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Normal Mallard behavior??? >I get this quite frequently at my feeder too. Lately, Canada Geese have > been showing up too. > > Al LaSala > Columbus, OH > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Larry > DeAtley > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 4:39 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]