Subject:> Re: [NAFEX] ducks
From:> "Richard Wagner" <rewagner@centurytel.net>
Date:> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:09:51 -0600
To:> "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Richard Wagner,
Muscovy ducks are good flyers, much better than wild turkeys for example. I
have seen ours fly as a flock 100-150 feet high and for 1.25 miles (circular
route).
The can also dive. One I observed a large unidentifiable bird approaching the
pond. The ducks recognized it the same time as I did and they all dived below
the surface scattering underwater. They eventually popped up about 100+ feet.
THe bird was a bald eagle. They are not frightened by large hawks or vultures
so they can distinguish species and not just size.
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