Ducks in freezing weather? (1 Viewer)

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birdmeister

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• Jan 25, 2013

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Hi all, Where I live in Pennsylvania, bodies of water are frozen, and the temps are below freezing.I was wondering if I could still see ducks. Thanks, Paul H.

 

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fugl

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• Jan 25, 2013

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birdmeister said:

Hi all, Where I live in Pennsylvania, bodies of water are frozen, and the temps are below freezing.I was wondering if I could still see ducks. Thanks, Paul H.

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Only if there's open water somewhere. Without it, ducks and other waterfowl move on or perish.

 

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Cheshire Birder

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• Jan 25, 2013

• #3

Ducks over in Britain move onto the rivers or estuaries if all the inland waters freeze over.

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wildlifelove

Hopefully Birding...

• Jan 25, 2013

• #4

Yep like above, when lakes freeze they will move to rivers ect...That's why when the weather is really harsh a causal walk along your local river can produce a few stunning and maybe rare or scare birds. My local river has had a few scare birds recently which is Fab.!

 

borealowl47

Darrell Neufeld

• Jan 26, 2013

• #5

Here in Winnipeg were it was -25'c all week,I can find them in a creek that stays open all winter.A local birder feeds them throughout the winter.Here a photo,taken a few weeks back.Counted 73 mallards that day.

 

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Zheljko

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• Jan 31, 2013

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Here they first move from ponds to lakes and then to the big rivers. We saw about ten species of ducks at the mouth of river Sava into Danube (including a flock of Velvet Scoter, which were very snobbish, not mingling with anyone else).