Nest Box Guide For Waterfowl - Alberta Conservation Association

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WaterfowlHooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus)5 to 12 eggs per nestThis uncommon little merganser occasionally nests in Western Canada inheavily wooded areas. The eggs are white with uncharacteristically thickshells and easy to distinguish from other cavity-nesting ducks. Shy bynature, the Hooded Merganser likes quiet wooded ponds where it feeds ontadpoles, frogs, fish and various types of aquatic insects.NEST BOX GUIDE FOR WATERFOWL |9Actual size (average egg)44 mmHooded Mergansereggs54 mm
Waterfowl10 to 12 eggs per nestNEST BOX GUIDE FOR WATERFOWL |10Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)Wood Ducks are colourful, perching ducks.Although seldom seen in Alberta they are the duckthat most people associate with nest boxes. WoodDucks typically lay 10-12 creamy white to pale buffeggs. Incubation typically lasts 30 days.A Wood Duck’s diet consists of aquatic plants andinsects. Thanks to duck nesting boxes placed alongthe rivers in and near Calgary, the local populationof this species is increasing.Actual size (average egg)Natural cavity39 mm51 mm
Page 1 and 2: Nest Box GuideFor WaterfowlAlberta
Page 4 and 5: IntroductionWhy Nest Boxes?Although
Page 6 and 7: Identifying Wildlife SpeciesThat Us
Page 8 and 9: WaterfowlCommon Goldeneye (Bucephal
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Page 16: Other Occupants4 to 5 eggs per nest
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Page 23 and 24: Other Occasional Users6 to 8 eggs p
Page 25 and 26: Other Occasional UsersNEST BOX GUID
Page 27 and 28: Other Occasional UsersWasps and Bee
Page 29 and 30: Nest Box CareNEST BOX GUIDE FOR WAT
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