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Future duck migration weather?
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<blockquote data-quote="Smashdn" data-source="post: 5503647" data-attributes="member: 10438"><p>He read one of mine too. I dont even remember what I asked him.</p><p></p><p>Boils down to not real earth shattering logic. Ducks that feed almost exclusively on little seeds and stuff you find in swamps, and smaller bodied ducks, get out relatively quick as just ice prevents them from feeding. Bigger bodied ducks that can find food in slightly deeper water, that is less prone to freezing, or that can dry feed and just need water to drink and roost, hang around longer.</p><p></p><p>Make the food inaccessible and they have to move. Rule of thumb a bio told me for mallards was 6" of snow for three days was what it takes to make food completely inaccessible for them. Keep in mind even then you will have warm water springs and discharges and maybe wind-blown areas where food is not covered, or feed lots, etc. and they can hang in there tough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Smashdn, post: 5503647, member: 10438"] He read one of mine too. I dont even remember what I asked him. Boils down to not real earth shattering logic. Ducks that feed almost exclusively on little seeds and stuff you find in swamps, and smaller bodied ducks, get out relatively quick as just ice prevents them from feeding. Bigger bodied ducks that can find food in slightly deeper water, that is less prone to freezing, or that can dry feed and just need water to drink and roost, hang around longer. Make the food inaccessible and they have to move. Rule of thumb a bio told me for mallards was 6" of snow for three days was what it takes to make food completely inaccessible for them. Keep in mind even then you will have warm water springs and discharges and maybe wind-blown areas where food is not covered, or feed lots, etc. and they can hang in there tough. [/QUOTE]
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