Thanks to Bill Marchel for pointing out to me that in my blog photo of the aggressive Buffleheads that the bird chasing the breeding-plumaged male is probably a second-year MALE bufflehead. Its head spot is long and narrow, unlike the more oval female head spot. The interaction did seem to me to be more like male to male aggression rather than pair bonding, dan
On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 11:36 AM, dan&erika <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All-- > > My most recent blog post (http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com) shows > some interesting Bufflehead behavior in a photograph taken last spring. The > hen is in pursuit of a drake in what I think may be a "Following Display." > But I would welcome ideas about what is happening if any of you know more > about Bufflehead behavior. > > dan > > -- > Dan or Erika Tallman > Northfield, Minnesota > http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum > http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com > http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika > [email protected] > > ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" > "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau > -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika [email protected] ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
