Thanksgiving is over, Christmas shopping has started and it is cold here in Minnesota (-3 F 12/8), brrrrr! I’m getting outside less and less. However, I did make it out to feed my friends; the ducks that winter down at the Rum river by my home.
This time of year the ducks have a lot of friends. Thousands and thousands of migrating mallards and a few Canadian geese line the banks of the river. The confluence of the Rum and the Mississippi is on the main migration path south. For about a month, mid November through mid December the banks of the river are packed with waterfowl.
The local ducks however know me. As soon as they see me coming with my bucket of corn (and hear my whistle) they all come running. A few more timid birds stay in the back and wait for me to throw them some corn. The others however will eat right out of the bucket. There are two big white ducks that waddle up to me and give me a fun look. They love to eat out of my hand and get their belly rubbed; apparently two pets that were either dumped or escaped from up on the Mississippi.
As it gets colder more ducks leave. Only a few hundred stay all winter in the open water below the dam.
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