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ML42997

White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi

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Contributor

William W. H. Gunn Media from this contributor

Date

2 Jun 1980

Location

Sir Winston Churchill Prov. Park; Lac La Biche
Alberta, Canada
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Sounds
Call
Playback
Not specified

Media notes

NOTES: A small flock close to shore; a few males giving courtship display with head-throw to females. Some disputes male and female sounds Also: song sparrow, goldeneye flight, yellow warbler, redwinged blackbird, crow, alder flyc. , traffic, white-thr. sp. Q 2-3 LNS NOTE: The end of this cut contains a good example of Bucephala clangula. MJA, GV, 3 March 2006. Other Behaviors: Court.

Additional species

  • Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
  • Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
  • American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
  • Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
  • Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
  • Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
  • White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

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Archival information

Cataloged
19 Nov 1999 - Martha Fischer
Digitized
2 Nov 2000 - Lauren A. Serafin

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