Question by ?????: Why do ducks vibrate their beaks on the water?
At first I thought they were drinking, but they were doing it so long I know they can’t drink that long. And the whole group was doing it. It was dusk.
Were they looking for food under the water or what?
No, it was like they were drinking the water, the beak never went under, but remained on the surface.
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Answer by Toocutedobs
Fish think that the vibrations indicate another fish or bug in distress–easy pickin’s in other words. They come to the area for a meal and become the meal.
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It depends on exactly what you mean by ‘vibrate their beaks on the water’
The most likely explaination was that you were watching ducks feeding – Shovelers (Northern Shoveler in the US) feed by filtering small animals out of the water with their bills. Watch this clip from about 2min 30secs, where it shows Shovelers filtering food from the surface of a pond;.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHAwKNgkc6s
Other duck species also sometimes feed in this way, mainly in very shallow water where they are usually finding animals living in the mud;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9LKP1Y5dNU
Male Ruddy Ducks in courtship display could be described as vibrating their beaks on the water (and several males will often gather to display to one female). This behaviour can be seen at the start of this video;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Ls7JwB_i8&feature=related
It is highly unlikely to be ducks trying to attract fish – relatively few species actually feed on fish, and those that do either dive straight under then look for fish, or ‘snorkel’ by putting their head underwater first to look around;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWk8QC39rxc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvp37-iUKig&feature=related
Additional; if there were large numbers of mosquito larvae, or other insects that are just below the water surface, they may have been feeding on these – the bill would appear to stay on the surface.
for food