Ever see a duck in a tree?

[OWGEM]

Probably a nest up there as well...

www.flickr.com/photos/dhkaiser/16807730973

 

[tmschuller]

nope but I had to duck from a tree once... and wood ducks. used bomb us when we went to dale hollow to fish in the coves..

 

[phylodog]

I have not. I did see a groundhog in a tree in KY last month, wish I'd had a camera. I've heard that they climb but had never seen it before.

 

[warthog]

I saw one once when I was up in MN to fish with my grandpa when he was still around. Actually he saw it and pointed it out for me.
That whole trip was cool.

 

[patience0830]

Probably a nest up there as well...

www.flickr.com/photos/dhkaiser/16807730973

Mallards are ground nesters. Probably not a nest. Just a comfortable safe spot to rest. Unfledged mallard ducklings might not survive a 30' drop. Wood ducks, maybe. I've seen 'em drop 10' w/o a problem.

 

[EvilKidsMeal]

Ever seen geese on top of 2 story apartment buildings or houses? First time I saw that was a bit confusing. Fast forward to shortly after moving to my apartment here in Indy, and I saw a whole group of them on a building, chatting away. Pretty funny.

 

[OWGEM]

Mallards are ground nesters. Probably not a nest. Just a comfortable safe spot to rest. Unfledged mallard ducklings might not survive a 30' drop. Wood ducks, maybe. I've seen 'em drop 10' w/o a problem.

You bring up a good point, mallards are ground nesters. However a comfortable safe spot to rest? In a shopping center parking lot with the closest water 1 mile away? Something does not add up.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Something does not add up.

Think she's casing the place?

 

[oldpink]

That sure looks like a hen Mallard, but maybe she was just up there to avoid a predator.
It's common knowledge that Wood ducks, as their name suggests, are tree-nesting birds, though.

 

[trophy hunter]

I have seen them.

 

[Bfish]

That looks like a black duck to me... But they also don't nest in trees.

 

[dudley0]

I have not. I did see a groundhog in a tree in KY last month, wish I'd had a camera. I've heard that they climb but had never seen it before.

I have seen that twice here in Indiana. First time I didn't believe it was alive. Thought my friend's buddy popped it and stuck it there. Got closer and it took off, after dropping.

Second time I just took the shot and he dropped but didn't have it left in him to run.

Still odd to see one in a tree, in my opinion.

 

[Bennettjh]

Nope. That's a first.

 

[Willie]

See.....

How about a duck retriever?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j6mc1e2hWg

 

[vvet762]

No I haven't but I did see a rabbit in a tree. Really. When I was in the sixth grade I was walking behind a hunter adult friend and he passed the tree with a rabbit in it. I told him and he didn't believe me until I made him back up and look. The rabbit was sitting in a fork of the tree up about 18" being quiet as possible. It didn't work. Pete did something (I don't remember what because it was about 50 years ago) to make it run and then he shot it.

 

[AboveTheBest]

That's a Mallard hen, what she's doing up there is anybody's guess...

As said already, Wood Ducks live in trees. The only other duck in North America that nests in trees is the Hooded Merganser, which are a mainly black duck with a white and black crest (looks like a hood).
I'm not sure how many are in Indiana, but as they migrate like any other duck, there could be a few roosting in the area.


Side Note: Do not eat Mergansers, they taste horrible.

 

[1DOWN4UP]

My guess is is a female Mallard. I once saw a fat groundhog up up a medium maple tree eating young buds off the limbs.He was mabye 5 ft off the ground.

 

[fullauto 45]

Never seen a duck, but I did see a cougar sleeping in a tree once.

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[SeaseFire]

I have not. I did see a groundhog in a tree in KY last month, wish I'd had a camera. I've heard that they climb but had never seen it before.

Deer hunting in Parke County this last year, I have video of one I watched climb down and scuttle off into the woods.

 

[bobjones223]

I have not. I did see a groundhog in a tree in KY last month, wish I'd had a camera. I've heard that they climb but had never seen it before.

I second the groundhog statement....floated Fall Creek fishing for smallies and saw one about 15' up over the creek.....kind of freaked me out but he didn't seem to have a problem with it....not sure what he was doing up there. I was going to ask him but then remembered I don't speak whistle pig.