[NatureNS] Buffleheads

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Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2006 02:57:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com>
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Hi All
Yesterday while sitting at a small lake, I was ammused
by a flock of about 20 Buffleheads. They were diving,
flying around in the area and chasing each other. They
were having a grand time!
The lake is a woodland lake all surronded by trees - a
lot of places there is dead mature softwood but its
not likely they would nest there. Where they were is
shallow - about 1 meter - and goes up into a swampy
area and then to woods. Its a good lake for Ring Necks
earlier in the fall and in the spring but they've left
for now to somewhere it doesn't freeze.
The Buffleheads were probably feeding on insect nymphs
but that I wouldn't know for sure. Prehaps there a
shoals of baby fish in the area. I need check a little
the literature to see Tony Erskine says about their
diet.
An interesting day
Enjoy the fall
Paul


 
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