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.
Suggested Citation
McGilvrey, F., 1966, Second nestings of the wood ducks: The Auk, v. 83, no. 2, p. 303-303, https://doi.org/10.2307/4083024.
ISSN: 1938-4254 (online)
| 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 |