At 07:00 AM 12/11/97 -0800, you wrote:
> The Mandarin Duck pair seems to be coming to our pond on a regular
>basis these days. They willingly compete with the mallards in the chow
>line for their cracked corn ration. They arrive at dawn's early light
>about 7:30 a.m., sometimes sticking around all day, sometimes flying off
>about 9:00 and perhaps returning in the afternoon.

Thanks for keeping me posted! I'm still planning to get up that way, but
still don't know when. After the holidays, I suspect. They'll probably
stay around all winter, now that they've figured out the chow routine.


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