Where do the ducks go when the lake freezes over, do they fly south or something?

Answer 1

When flooded fields or ponds or lakes freeze over, the ducks will find the nearest moving water they can whether it be a small stream or a big river. That's why late season hunting here in Arkansas can be so exciting, the rivers are hot when it gets cold enough for everything else to freeze

Answer 2

Depends on how long the winter there lasts and what other food sources there are. Most birds fly south for the winter, however, some stay in the same location especially ducks in managed ponds where people feed them year-round.

Answer 3

Many species of ducks migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or Arctic northern hemisphere and spend the non-breeding season in warmer regions.

In the summer, breeding birds have greater opportunity to feed their newly-hatched young on often abundant food supplies in the northern regions: that is where days are the longest.

As the days shorten in autumn and food supplies become scarce, the birds can return to warmer regions where the available food supply varies little with the season.

Answer 4

Almost all birds fly south for the winter. Including ducks. So, yes they do flt south for the winter.

Answer 5

I'm not sure that some ducks go anywhere at all when their lake freezes over ... these ones just seem a bit bemused:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFANx5YpruI

& these ones just struggle on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3PazkcFWXE