Northern Pintails. These two ducks gave me an easy option for putting the male and female in my pict

Northern Pintails. These two ducks gave me an easy option for putting the male and female in my picture. These birds breed together for one season then seek out another mate. After the female is incubating the male separates from her to start forming a migrating group. Ducks are part of the group that use wetlands for habitat. Now, wetlands are in decline so this is a complicated balance for them to find habitat. Many ducks use crop fields. There is a system in place in California that is imperfect and many farmers are still frustrated with the birds eating their seed. The system is a series of National Wildlife Refuges around Sacramento to give birds a space to live and be so they aren’t in the farmer’s fields. However, the birds will usually go to flooded rice fields for the night. For the most part balance is achieved but, perhaps there is more we could do to make space for us and them. I think it is a human error to assume we could thrive on this planet without animal diversity and presence. I think we have only scratched the surface of understanding how much animal species maintain the ecosystems of the earth to make it livable for even us. I think even beyond obvious life needs, animals and nature bring us a calm and happiness that we would not find if our earth was only set up as urban human living. -- source link

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