Although here in Columbus, we haven't had any major flooding events like those occurring in Iowa, the recent rains have brought very high water levels to the Olentangy River. I'm surmising that the normal food sources that mallards eat during the summer are submerged. This pair is making up for the lack of food by visiting the seed pile placed in the street by our neighbor. The white bits are blossoms of our neighbor's arching Catalpa tree.Tom
tom: How cool, I thought they had popcorn down for the to eat.
ReplyDeletePoor little hungry couple!
ReplyDeleteChris
Guy- Yeah, it does look like giant pieces of popcorn. Well, our neighbor does put out popcorn, but the crows and squirrels devour it fairly quickly.
ReplyDeleteChris-
Yeah, they were hungry, has anyone else had wild mallards come to a feeding station in their yard?
Tom
Tom - sorry to hear about the wet weather in your area!
ReplyDeleteHope you dry out soon! Is that a female cardinal in the background?
ReplyDeleteVery nice of your neighbor. I hope things remain non-flooded in your neck of the woods, of course!
ReplyDeleteTom- No worries. We haven't had floods, but it has been consistently wet.
ReplyDeleteAdam- you got it. I love them...like we've said before, most people in Ohio take these birds for granted, I love how you appreciate them being in northern cardinal-less California.
Thanks Lana!
Tom