[wisb] Wood Duck Answers
- From: "Terri Welisek" <terriw@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:40:10 -0500
Wanted to share this PM for its value as well as the reference to reading
material. I'm on amazon's notification list for when this become available.
Hoping to get the hardcopy version. Then I can lure guests into noticing the
coffee table conversation book and share my Hawk Eye video cam footage.
If you'd like to see some moments I've captured, www.sherwoodwi.blogspot.com
will entertain you. Soon I'll add shots of her mate "Apollo" and with luck,
the birthday and departure day of the chicks. I can hardly wait.
Good Birding,
Terri Welisek
Sherwood, WI
Calumet County
From: Jeffrey Bahls [mailto:jbahls@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 8:06 PM
To: terriw@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [wisb] Wood Duck Query
this behavior has been observed by several experts. spending the night in
the box is also accompanys egg laying in the final days before incubation
starts.
page 228 Ecology and Management of the Wood Duck
Jeff Bahls
Board member
Wood Duck Society
On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Terri Welisek <terriw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Last night after dark, "April" entered the nestbox and stayed all night.
Today was Day 9 of laying. She left at 9:00am and returned at 7:30pm to
spend the night apparently. She was absent from the box all day, which would
suggest she is still laying. But why return at night. She uncovered the eggs
and appears to be incubating. What gives with this unexpected behavior? Did
the warmer weather shorten the laying time since the eggs may have reached
minimal incubation temperature? Why is she gone all day?
Perplexed,
Terri Welisek
Sherwood, WI
Calumet County
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