At 03:57 PM 4/17/98 -0700, you wrote:
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>A friend who lives right on Long Lake, in Lacey, has been having visits
>by a pair of Wood Ducks at her feeder. The feeder isn't meant to feed
>ducks, and it contains the usual seed mixture. The male and female come
>singly to the feeder; they land on the porch railing, walk over close to
>the feeder, look at it, don't attempt to feed and then after a few
>minutes seem to give up and fly off. The ducks are apparently nesting
>nearby, across an arm of the lake. Any idea what's going on here?

I would guess that they are looking for a nest site. Unfortunately for them
they have picked a bird feeder instead of a nest box.

Denny Granstrand
Yakima, WA
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