"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 1 Jul 2014 15:14:37 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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>>> On 7/1/2014 11:03 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>>> On 6/30/2014 10:07 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>
>>>>> But it doesn't say why. They also say not to feed bread to ducks, but
>>>>> many people do.
>>>
>>>> It isn't part of their usual diet and provides nothing but empty
>>>> calories.
>>>
>>> On top of that, it has caused some deadly situation in the water
>>> that kills the ducks. A bacterial problem of some sort. Sorry
>>> I don't remember the details.
>>>
>>> I wonder if the same is true for popcorn. I have done that, fed
>>> popcorn to the ducks in the Public Gardens in Boston.
>>>
>>I tried to feed popcorn to ducks but they didn't eat it.
>
> Geese eat vegetation, ducks eat animal protein. Some ducks will eat
> seeds but mostly ducks filter animal life from ponds/lakes. Geese are
> primarily vegetarian, ducks are primarily carnivorous. Geese love
> popcorn, ducks ignore it. Mostly what you see at public gardens are
> geese, not ducks. Geese are easily domesticated, not so with ducks.

Speaking of... There was a goose in the street very near our house. We
don't often see geese here although at some point (Spring?) we can hear them
flying over our house. Daughter tried to take a pic of it but it was at the
wrong angle for her to get it.