. Birds of the water, wood & waste . Wl^-T- ■^^-^U/ Scaups Nest in Flax. The Scaup )HE SCAUP, the Grey Duck,the Mountain Duck, and theBrown Duck breed on therun. Although much reducedin numbers during the lastquarter century, there still winter withus one or two considerable flocks ofthe first-mentioned species, perhaps in all180 or 200 birds. About mid-Augustthe majority of these Scaup leave therun, the remainder staying on the lakeand breeding round its shores. Nowhereelse on the run do they nest, and duringmy stay at Tutira I have never seen atany time of the year Scaup either in theopen ri
. Birds of the water, wood & waste . Wl^-T- ■^^-^U/ Scaups Nest in Flax. The Scaup )HE SCAUP, the Grey Duck,the Mountain Duck, and theBrown Duck breed on therun. Although much reducedin numbers during the lastquarter century, there still winter withus one or two considerable flocks ofthe first-mentioned species, perhaps in all180 or 200 birds. About mid-Augustthe majority of these Scaup leave therun, the remainder staying on the lakeand breeding round its shores. Nowhereelse on the run do they nest, and duringmy stay at Tutira I have never seen atany time of the year Scaup either in theopen river beds or in the deep creeks. This year, on September 10th, the largestflock still with us numbered 48 birds, and theremay have been another 20 birds scatteredabout the different bays. ; L OLSON 18 BIRDS OF THE WATER The Scaups breeding^ season extends overmany months, the first lot of little ducklingsappearing last year on November 27th, andwithin a few days, several other broods,also just hatched, were noticed on the lake. The last lot observed were a day
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