Nesting of Buffle-head Duck at Lake Almanor, California

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Howard P. Davis

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While motoring on Lake Almanor, Plumas County, on May 19, 1940, I passed through some standing dead timber on the south side of the lake. I was surprised to flush a female Buffle-head (Charitonetta albeola) from a hole 25 feet up in a dead tree. Either the noise of the motor or the boat brushing against the tree scared her out. The duck flew up the lake a considerable distance and settled on the water, giving opportunity to identify it with the aid of field glasses. On May 20, I returned with a ladder. The female was in the vicinity but she did not allow me to approach closely. The nest contained six partly incubated eggs.

Alhambra, California, January 27, 1941

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Davis, Howard P. (1941) "Nesting of Buffle-head Duck at Lake Almanor, California," Condor: Vol. 43 : Iss. 6 , Article 18.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/condor/vol43/iss6/18