Eureka Reporter | 1906-01-19 | Page 3 | Wild Ducks Rarely Seen Closely

W id ducks rarely seen closely although ducks are very wary and alert they do not readily see danger when they are about to alight in the water this appears to be a rather difficult act for it seems to engage their entire attention the most common kinds of ducks can rarely be seen closely even the black duck is not often to be stud led except at an aggravating distance although he is found in every marsh it is a common saying that water leaves no trail but where some black ducks have been pluming and sunning themselves I 1 have read the story very plainly in the water where numerous small down feathers float ed and clung to the grassy tussocks in a lagoon in jackson park chi cago where no shooting is allowed the ducks are remarkably tame though on lake michigan a quarter of a mile away they are hunted and are wild there are other places where d icks find safe retreats from shooters and in these they soon be come very tame st nicholas