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Well I got home at 01:00 on the night of the storm and shoveled for one hou=
r before going into the house. This morning, now yesterday morning as it i=
s 01:25 I shoveled for two more hours. On the bright side of this, I watch=
ed birds in the yard while shoveling and as a result saw two new arrivals. =
The first was a brown creeper and the second a northern pintail. The diff=
erence in temperature was very noticeable between Dublin Shore and Bridgewa=
ter. I was shoveling snow with my shirt sleeves rolled up and was still wa=
rm even when not shoveling. In comparison I could not have done this in Br=
idgewater.
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I watched with interest the other day when three female mallards ganged up =
on a male. Role reversal. Usually with mating or interaction it is the ot=
her way around with numbers of males ganging up on a single female, sometim=
es to the point of drowning her. Well the three females together were not =
long putting the run to the male. I also noted chest butting interactions =
between a male and a female when usally this occurs between two males or be=
tween females only. In other interactions a single female would put the ru=
n to the male. From what I've read the mallards in my yard do not seem to =
conform to normal interactions. It would be interesting if I could tell in=
dividuals apart to determine if a social hierarchy exists.
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James R. Hirtle
Dublin Shore
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Hi all:<BR>
<BR>
Well I got home at 01:00 on the night of the storm and shoveled for one hou=
r before going into the house. This morning, now yesterday morning as=
it is 01:25 I shoveled for two more hours. On the bright side of thi=
s, I watched birds in the yard while shoveling and as a result saw two new =
arrivals. The first was a brown creeper and the second a northern pin=
tail. The difference in temperature was very noticeable between Dubli=
n Shore and Bridgewater. I was shoveling snow with my shirt sleeves r=
olled up and was still warm even when not shoveling. In comparison I =
could not have done this in Bridgewater.<BR>
<BR>
I watched with interest the other day when three female mallards ganged up =
on a male. Role reversal. Usually with mating or interaction it=
is the other way around with numbers of males ganging up on a single femal=
e, sometimes to the point of drowning her. Well the three females tog=
ether were not long putting the run to the male. I also noted chest b=
utting interactions between a male and a female when usally this occurs bet=
ween two males or between females only. In other interactions a singl=
e female would put the run to the male. From what I've read the malla=
rds in my yard do not seem to conform to normal interactions. It woul=
d be interesting if I could tell individuals apart to determine if a social=
hierarchy exists.<BR>
<BR>
James R. Hirtle<BR>
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