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A.M. Verbeek
1966
Anas acuta (1)
8 June
Two males and a female came from the NW over
Wohlschlag Slough and wanted to settle on the meadows there.
There was some standing water available but my presence
scared them off and they continued.
10 June
About 1 mi.S. of Grant Point we saw 5 males fly over and then
settle on an inundated stretch of meadow.
13 June
I saw 3 males and later on one pair, as well as several
single males.
14 June
Four males on some water standing on the ice in the
center of Central Marsh.
15 June
One pair landed on a marshy meadow on the Drum area
16 June
Saw one pair on the Drum area near trayline IX and X.
They have been around there for several days now.
18 June
A flock of some 15 birds flew between Garline Bridge & the
Gas Well
23 June
Two birds in the Britton Area
28 June
Found a nest with 7 eggs at 20.30 about 100 m. S. of the
Bridge crossing the water line. The female flushed off the nest as
I walked by.
30 June
Three males flew up from a puddle between the gas line & Garline Bridge
5 July
Seven males south of South Salt Lagoon in a flooded
meadow.
7 July
Still 7 eggs in nest found 28 June. Female flushed.
17 July
Nest found on 28 June has been robbed of its eggs.
15 Aug
Saw at least 8 birds today, along the east side of
Central Marsh and between I. Kepule & Wohlschlag Slough
17 Aug
Two birds on a small pond S. of Honey Bucket Lagoon.