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10th March 2019, 03:50 PM
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Mergansers walking on water
Back in the previous century, a taxidermist offered to pay me if I could get him a Drake Hooded Merganser for his collection, they were that rare back then. Today they are the most common ducks around. Along with Wood Ducks and other cavity-nesting ducks, Hooded Mergansers often lay their eggs in other females’ nests. This is called “brood parasitism” and is similar to the practice of Brown-headed Cowbirds, except that the ducks only lay eggs in nests of their own species. Female Hooded Mergansers can lay up to about 13 eggs in a clutch, but nests have been found with up to 44 eggs in them.
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10th March 2019, 05:52 PM
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Re: Mergansers walking on water
Nicely seen and captured.
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10th March 2019, 08:00 PM
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Re: Mergansers walking on water
Good, particularly the second image.
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