Canvasback nest with eggs in grass. The canvasback is a species of diving duck, the largest found in North America. (Family: anatidae; binomial name: aythya valisineria)

In Collection:

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Creator

• McTaggart-Cowan, Ian, 1910-2010

Subject

• Ducks
• Birds
• Aythya
• Birds--Ecology
• Birds--Habitat
• Birds--Eggs
• Canvasback
• Birds--Nests

Language

• eng

Identifier

• COWAN_PH_403; Cowan_PN_562; Cowan B & W Photographs - Species and Locations - Box 2

Date created

• June 1, 1930

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 photograph : black and white

Alternative title

• Nest and eggs of canvasback

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Tupper Creek

Coordinates

• 51.36661, -117.43553

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Sponsor

• Digitization undertaken with the support of Ann Schau.

Genre

• photographs
• black-and-white photographs

Fonds title

• Ian McTaggart Cowan Collection

Fonds identifier

• AR514

Technical note

• Digitized by Briony Penn. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact UVic Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original resource and for reproduction requests. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/v53q-4878

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