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This morning I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Kothenbeutel as his home in =
Woodinville, WA.
Every September the wood ducks return to his back yard pond =96 probably be=
cause he provides feed for them twice a day (mixture of whole wheat and gam=
e-bird pellets). On Sept. first there were 6 but the number has grown to 12=
5 -150! They stream in in small groups just as it begins to get light in th=
e in morning, eat their breakfast, lounge around all day and then leave in =
the evening after their dinner. They never get very tame and always flush w=
hen I take out the feed. After circling a few times they come raining back =
to the pond in a fashion that makes it too hard to count them. It is quite =
a spectacle. Even though they are devouring 150 lbs of feed each week he ne=
ver get tired of watching them. They even invade his bird feeder which is n=
ear his deck, and some have taken a liking to suet. There is a large number=
of juveniles and the mature drakes are now in full breeding plumage.
This is a recording from first light this morning starting from around 07:0=
Message: 0am.
Subject:
Martyn
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Martyn Stewart
www.naturesound.org
www.soundofcritters.com
Redmond WA
425-898-0462
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