Nesting of Buffle-Head Duck at Lake Almanor, California
Journal
Condor
Volume
43
Issue
6 (November-December)
Year
1941
Pages
294
Section
From Field and Study
Online Text
Nesting of Buffle-head Duck at Lake Almanor, California
While motoring on Lake Almanor, Plumas County, on May 19, 1940, I passed through some standing dead timber on the south side of the lake. I was surprised to flush a female Buffle-head (Charitonetta albeola) from a hole 25 feet up in a dead tree. Either the noise of the motor or the boat brushing against the tree scared her out. The duck flew up the lake a considerable distance and settled on the water, giving opportunity to identify it with the aid of field glasses. On May 20, I returned with a ladder. The female was in the vicinity but she did not allow me to approach closely. The nest contained six partly incubated eggs.
Howard P. Davis
Alhambra, California, January 27, 1941
