Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 18:50:12 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "George M. Jett" Subject: Re: Ring-necks on the Potomac MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bob Most of the 1200 I saw at the Mattawomen Environmental Area near Mason Springs, Charles Co., MD on January 6 were males. Maybe this is how they congregate in migration. Gwen is the duck expert. I will ask her when she gets home. George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Mumford" To: Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Ring-necks on the Potomac > On my (cold) exercise walk today, I noted about 100 Ring-necked Ducks > on the > Potomac at Blockhouse Point. Another large group was just below the breaks at > Violettes Lock. > > While these ducks are to be expected, the odd thing is that fully 80% > and maybe as many as 90% of the birds were males. I have heard that Canvasbacks have > a disproportionate number of drakes, but not Ring-necks. > > Anyone will similar experience or explanation? > > Bob Mumford > Darnestown > > ====================================================================== > = > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================