cstemig wrote:From what I understand is that the ducks routinely feed in the timbers, so a feeding call seems appropriate.
Mallards, in my experience, don't come to the woods to eat. They come to loaf and fornicate. From what i've heard, they also use the timber for grit...consuming stem from oak litter as there is hardly any rock/sand in that area. I can't confirm or deny that but it makes sense, and you can find areas where leaves have been crushed and broken, generally in shallow and newly flooded ground. Wood ducks on the other hand feed on acorns, but i've yet to kill a Mallard carrying one, but that's not to say they never do.
All the chattering they do in the timber, is drakes chasing hens.
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