There are a couple of possibilities:(1) There was an early
duck hunting season from 10-15 to 10-22 which may have made
the birds spooky and (2) when I was at Sycamore Landing 
on Friday the river was high and dirty: conditions which
I find at times are not good for finding ducks there.

Paul Woodward


--- On Mon, 10/24/11, sally wech <> wrote:

> From: sally wech <>
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] no mallards on Potomac at Great Falls sunday
> To: 
> Date: Monday, October 24, 2011, 9:06 AM
> Hi All:
>  Where are all the ducks?  We saw absolutely no mallards
> on the Potomac River at Great Falls.  We did have one of
> the resident common mergansers but no mallards!! Amazing!!
> 
> Sally Wech
> silver spring, md
> 
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