Peculiarities of Ducks in Nesting
Journal
Condor
Volume
8
Issue
3 (May-June)
Year
1906
Pages
75
Section
From Field and Study
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Peculiarities of Ducks in Nesting
In June and July, 1903, in northeastern Montana, I found large colonies of ducks breeding, principally blue-winged and green-winged teals, mallards, canvasbacks and spoonbills. I was interested in the fact that all the ducks just mentioned frequently deposit their eggs in each other's nests, it being no uncommon thing to find the eggs of three varieties of ducks in one nest. The eggs of the larger ducks and those of the teal were often found together.
I also found the mallards nesting in the short grass on the hillsides and even on the tops of the hills a mile or more from water.
G. WILLETT
Los Angeles, Cal.
