Second nestings of the wood ducks
The Auk
By: Frank B. McGilvrey
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Abstract
This is a description of the renesting of two Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) after hatching broods. I can find but two previous records of such behavior. Barnes (Auk, 65: 449, 1948) reported an incident of a hand-reared bird nesting in the wild in Indiana. This female was unable to get her brood out of the nest box, and subsequently hatched a second brood. Hester (SE Wildlife Conf., 1962; 8 pp., mimeo.) in North Carolina had records of four hens that renested after hatching first broods. Three of these brought off second broods.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Second nestings of the wood ducks |
| Series title | The Auk |
| DOI | 10.2307/4083024 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1966 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Ornithological Society |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 1 p. |
| First page | 303 |
| Last page | 303 |