[NatureNS] Common merganser behavior

Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 14:02:24 -0300
From: Don MacNeill <donmacneill@bellaliant.net>
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Perhaps the other birds were juvenile males.  I am not sure when the 
males achieve adult breeding.

Don

Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
On 23/05/2013 1:49 PM, Paul MacDonald wrote:
> Strange indeed Nancy
> As female Common Mergansers have a tendency to lay
> in another females nest - that might have been the situation.
> The 3 unwanted females wanted the nest site.
> Sometimes very large broods as a result.
> Good observation
> Paul
>
> --- On *Thu, 5/23/13, nancy dowd /<nancypdowd@gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com>
>     Subject: [NatureNS] Common merganser behavior
>     To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>     Received: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 5:36 AM
>
>     I was just watching some strange C Merganser behavior along the
>     shore (L Torment, E Dalhousie, Kings Co). A lone male was
>     corralling one female and driving off a group if 3 other females
>     who were hanging around.
>
>     Seems like breeding activity but I thought they would have nested
>     long ago and the males departed. We do have a nest box nearby.
>     Perhaps the cold spring has delayed things?
>
>     I also find it strange that the male was driving off the other
>     females- the more the merrier seems to the usual case for male ducks.
>
>     Any comments?
>
>     Nancy
>


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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix"><font face="Calibri">Perhaps</font> the
      other birds were juvenile males.&nbsp; I am not sure when the males
      achieve adult breeding.<br>
      <br>
      Don<br>
      <br>
      <div class="moz-signature">Don MacNeill
        donmacneill@bellaliant.net</div>
      On 23/05/2013 1:49 PM, Paul MacDonald wrote:<br>
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              <div>Strange indeed Nancy</div>
              <div>As female Common Mergansers have a tendency to lay</div>
              <div>in another females nest - that might have been the
                situation.</div>
              <div>The 3 unwanted females wanted the nest site.</div>
              <div>Sometimes very large broods as a result.</div>
              <div>Good observation</div>
              <div>Paul<br>
                <br>
                --- On <b>Thu, 5/23/13, nancy dowd <i><nancypdowd@gmail.com></i></b>
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                From: nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com><br>
                Subject: [NatureNS] Common merganser behavior<br>
                To: "naturens" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca><br>
                Received: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 5:36 AM<br>
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                <div id="yiv1743865894">I was just watching some strange
                  C Merganser behavior along the shore (L Torment, E
                  Dalhousie, Kings Co). A lone male was corralling one
                  female and driving off a group if 3 other females who
                  were hanging around.&nbsp;
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                  <div>Seems like breeding activity but I thought they
                    would have nested long ago and the males departed.
                    We do have a nest box nearby. Perhaps the cold
                    spring has delayed things?</div>
                  <div><br>
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                  <div>I also find it strange that the male was driving
                    off the other females- the more the merrier seems to
                    the usual&nbsp;case for male&nbsp;<span></span>ducks.&nbsp;</div>
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                  <div>Any comments?</div>
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                  <div>Nancy</div>
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