Predators at night For Wild Ducks

[budstone23]

Would anyone know what predators go after Wild Mallard Ducks at Night? Do Owls?
Thank you

 

[21hens-incharge]

Pretty much any predator out and about that comes across them will certainly give it a try.

Owls, raccoons, fox, bobcat, coyote,weasel, mink, fisher cat, wolf, mountain lion etcetera the list seems endless.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Would anyone know what predators go after Wild Mallard Ducks at Night? Do Owls?
Thank you

I think anything will that can find them. I don’t think they roost in trees like galliforms. I think they either sleep on the water or in sheltered places on the banks. That exposes them to almost anything.

 

[Penpal]

Raccoons took out my ducks. They need to be in a shelter or shelter. If you try to keep them in a pen they will fly out because they prefer to be on the pond/water.

 

[Chipmunk Chicks]

We lost our drake to a mink one night when they didn't want to go into the hut. I went out to try again putting them up, only to find the three hens swimming alone in the smaller pond. He had been taken on the larger pond, and the mink was getting ready to cache him, but we pulled him out and buried him instead.