Our pair of Mallards are visiting the ground under the feeder every day now. I'm not sure where they are coming from, but I would bet they are a nesting pair and Momma needs heavy protein, and some fats to feed the chilluns. He stands like a statue, keeping guard, and neither of us have seen him feeding, but she is like a threshing machine, and seldom takes her head out of the grass, where she is gobbling down as much as she can. If we are outside, they will tolerate us a very short time, and fly off, but the entire time her head is down, there is also a low throaty feeding call coming from her as she acts like a harvester.
