Sent: Sun, October 3, 2010 11:48:53 PM
Subject: [Nature Recordists] Mixed waterfowl
http://soundofcritters.com/archives/1353
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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 =E2=80=93 proba=
bly because
he provides feed for them twice a day (mixture of whole wheat and game-bird=
pellets). On Sept. first there were 6 but the number has grown to 125 -150!=
They
stream in in small groups just as it begins to get light in the 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 when 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 never get tired of watching them. Th=
ey
even invade his bird feeder which is near his deck, and some have taken a l=
iking
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=C2=A0 WA
425-898-0462
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