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What is eatting my baby ducks in my lake?
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Aloemem none (
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Fri, May 13, 11 at 13:15
| Can anyone clue me in to what is eatting the baby ducks? I have heard turtles but i don't think so. I don't have any snakes. |
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RE: What is eatting my baby ducks in my lake?
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| Here in Michigan it could be bass, pike, snapping turtles and eagles. |
RE: What is eatting my baby ducks in my lake?
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| Growing up in Wisconsin with a dad who loved to fish, he always made the same comment when we'd see a duck and her brood swim by the boat: "Muskie's gonna have good eatin'!" and then he'd tell me how he'd actually seen big fish take the little birds from below "like a shark - chomp!" Poor little ducklings! |
RE: What is eatting my baby ducks in my lake?
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| Don't have eagles but I do have bass and snapping turtles. I thought turtles were vegans. |
RE: What is eatting my baby ducks in my lake?
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| What kind of land predators are common to your area? Could be something getting to them on land. Knowing your general location would be helpful, you know. |
RE: What is eatting my baby ducks in my lake?
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| I would put my money on ths snapping turtle. Had the same problem a few years ago and finally had to give up on the ducks and geese because it got so bad. |
RE: What is eatting my baby ducks in my lake?
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| fed, Seeds, grasses, little snails and other things in water |
RE: What is eatting my baby ducks in my lake?
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- Posted by akaj9 9 Central Florida (My Page) on
Thu, Dec 1, 11 at 14:55
| Around here it is the Herons.... |
RE: What is eatting my baby ducks in my lake?
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| My guesses are Eagles, hawks, herons, shrike, large fish, snakes, coyotes, feral cats, the list goes on and on really. |
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