If the mallards have brains like that, I'm not at all surprised at the 
absence of ducklings!

June

-- 
June Tveekrem
Columbia, Maryland
tweekiebird|AT|southernspreadwing.com
http://SouthernSpreadwing.com


Patricia Valdata wrote:
>
> We've noticed a weird absence of ducklings in Shelter Cove marina on 
> Hances Point,
> although a mallard tried to build a nest on the bow of our boat with 
> about a half-dozen wood chips.
> She laid 5 eggs, which rolled off the wood chips and ended up against 
> the toe rails.
> They were quite dead so we evicted them and the mallard left a day later.
>
> --Pat