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- Scaup
May 21 Anahim P.O [Post Office] to lake "common."
May 22 all paired
May 30 Observed determined + prolonged fighting between [male symbol]s
June 2 [male symbol]'s nibbling [female symbol]'s tails
June 5 All along Dean River, Anahim to Abuntlet,
common + by far the commonest duck. In all,
several hundred in regularly occurring pairs.
June 7 Abuntlet: 50 to 100 on the lake.
June 13. Abuntlet marsh - trios (2 [male symbol], 1 [female symbol] seen but no courting noted
June 28 Dean River: many flushed from lily pad
-many [male symbol]'s are browing markedly, even
some still with [female symbol]'s.
July 5 Saw several prs. [pairs] in river near P.O. [Post Office] most [male symbol]'s
are quite brown; a few still black + white,
with no brown on sides at least.
July 9. The Scaup mystery - why so many prs [pairs] about? Why no ils [individuals?]?
July 19. First Scaup brood - Little Anahim - 6 yg [young]
another with 9 yg [young].
July 20 36 Scaups on Little Anahim
On little anahim - 6 yg [young] in brood - shot 3.
flock of 300-400 scaup on Anahim. mostly [male symbol]
July 21. flock of 60 - on Dean River
July 23 Little Anahim broods: 8 small
9 medium
I found newly hatched yg. [young] in bucket trap at noon.
Undoubtly [undoubtedly] brood had passed camp from large,
equisetum slough to south of camp
new little Anahim brood of 5 (trapped downies
brood?)
100 Scaups in flock.
July 24 Pelican LK [Lake] - brood 15.' yng. [young]
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