Trumpeter Swan Benefits Mallards Trumpeter Swans can more easily pull vegetation up from deeper areas in the pond than the Mallards can. So the Mallards will concentrate around the swan to feed on the vegetation pulled up by the swan. This older publication seems to...
This video shows a few of the birds in Alaska that dive underwater for their food. It is fun to learn how deep they can actually dive. However most of their dives are much shorter. The Common Goldeneye forages mostly in shallow water along shorelines...
Sheep Creek, in Juneau, is one of the best places to see and watch Gadwalls in winter. In Southeast Alaska and most of the rest of Alaska they are considered rare to uncommon. Information on Gadwalls can be found by looking at Leschack, C. R., S. K. Mckinght and G. R....
Auke Bay is a very special place for invertebrates and fish that attracts numerous mammals, birds, and other fish to feed on them. What attracts the birds, seals, and sea lions to Auke Bay is mostly due to the abundance of forage fish. To learn more about these fish...
This video can be used for comparison to the one on geese. For Mallards only the hen takes care of the kids for Geese both parents take care of them. For more information you can look at Drilling, Nancy, Rodger Titman and Frank Mckinney. 2002. Mallard (Anas...
