I'm not so sure that Mallard knows best. A Mallard mother once led her 
chicks across a storm drain grate across the street from my house and 
all the chicks fell into the storm drain. We had to call the Dept. of 
Public Works to remove the grate and a wildlife rehabber to trap the 
ducks and move them to a pond.

June

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


Dan Haas wrote:
> Thanks!
>
> I figured Mallard knows best... but thought I'd ask just the same.
> Hopefully one day soon, I will have a post about birding in the field.
> Life has kept me far too busy lately.
>
> Best,
>
> Dan
>
> On Monday, July 6, 2009, Tim Boucher <> wrote:
>   
>> It they are surviving, there must be an adequate food source in the courtyard. They are probably safer there than they would be in the river, or elsewhere. No snapping turtles, no cats, no coyotes, no predators of any kind. No cars. And when they are fully flighted, guess what they will do?
>>
>> Ellen Paul
>> Chevy Chase, MD