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1, Cade
1958
Aythya manila
4 August Okfilak Lake
A female with a brood of 8 1/2 gossoon
ducklings was seen on the little lake
just SE of Okfilak.
5 August - Two hens each with a brood of 8
ducklings were seen on Okfilak Lake
in the evening. At this time there
were no ducks on the little lake, so
one of the groups apparently had moved
down the drain from little lake into
OKfilak. These broods were harassed
by a red-throated loon.
6 August - In the morning hens & were back
on the little lake. In the evening two
broods again on OKfilak.
7 August - Both broods on OKfilak all day.
8 August - hens 9! young seen on Okfilak
this morning. One young from one
brood must have swum to the other
brood.
9 August Okfilak Lake - 0900 - female & brood
of 9 on lake by camp.
17 August Okfilak - broods seen on each of these
days on this lake.
18 August Okfilak - two broods seen again - one
of 9+ hens & one of 6 or 8 - same as
previous group of 8? - mortality? I shot
one of the 9, nearly fully feathered on body