Hi to all;
Just got to thinking my subject heading sounds too much like terrorist
activity so adding new subject- Mallard.
Joy


On Aug 8, 2005, at 7:19 AM, Joy Markgraf wrote:

> Hi Tweeters:
>
> Sunday evening I was standing by 'my' pond listening to a coyote
> calling when I saw one Mallard circle the pond like it was coming in
> for a landing. But I was startled when I heard the loud bam of
> something hitting the blue metal roof of my husband's mill. From there
> the duck made another landing on the grass in front of me looking a
> bit crippled. I walked toward it to see if it had a broken leg or
> other body part but it walked/crawled into the pond. Perhaps this
> inexperienced flyer mistook the blue roof as a reflection of the
> pond's surface? Unfortunately the water level of the pond is down to
> about six inches and mostly matted vegetation (the creek has almost
> dried up too) so maybe it was hoping it had found some water! This
> morning I looked in the pond to see if the regular three Mallard
> juveniles that grew up there where present but only two flew away
> (their first flight).
>
> Joy Stickney-Markgraf
> near White Salmon WA
> email: joymarkgraf at gorge.net
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