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Name: Malini G.
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Age: 18
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Date: 11/2/2003
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Do mallards eat algae?

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Probably not much. They do eat "seeds and shoots of sedge, grass, and aquatic vegetation, grain, acorns; insects, aquatic invertebrates." The Birder's Handbook, Ehrlich, Dobkin & Wheye. I imagine they will eat some algae while getting other aquatic vegetation, but it would not be preferred.

J. Elliott

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