These areas have been covered with wet snow that is now melting away, exposing it to mallards and other waterfowl that feed in fields.

We're left now with just a little bit of snow at the bottom of the screen,

While 500 birds seems like a lot, in reality, it is insignificant to the mallard population.

The pond where the ducks are dying is not necessarily the location where they are picking up the fungi-infested feed.

If it does snow as much as we think it might, the snow could stick around to Monday or Tuesday, when the temperatures will rise to the 40s.

This tells you we've gotten hammered in the Cascades with snow, while we've gotten hammered in the Valley with rain.