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Ducks on city wintering ponds draw wild status talk
A Wisconsin reader recalls midwinter flocks of mallards and other species at open-water ponds in Merrill Wausau Chippewa Falls Eau Claire Hudson and Redwing noting tame behavior near humans. The piece highlights harlequin and glaucous gull sightings in Madison and reflects on local birding culture and feeders at Chetek and Medford areas.
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