Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Brooding About. Higher waters make for better habitat for duck species like mallards, and with this spring's improved nesting efforts waterfowl are expected to have good reproduction in those conditions.
Aside from the physical appearance of prairie pothole sloughs filled to the brim with runoff from spring snow melt and rain, the ability of these engines of America's duck factory to support broods of waterfowl has been supercharged. The ducklings now emerging from nests alongside these refilled lowlands and onto their heightened waters stand a better chance of survival, thanks in part to the...
