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A report compiling the discoveries from 35 years of nesting wood duck studies written by Frederic Leopold. The typewritten report details Leopold's findings on the nesting habits of wood ducks, including the following: nest site selection, wood duck nesting boxes, mating, egg laying, incubation, hatching, departure from the nest, travel of ducklings to water, predatory animals, and maintenance of the wood duck nest boxes. A table of 35 years of statistics based on over 10,000 observations is included at the end of the report.
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Title:
Nesting wood duck study (35 Years)
Creator (Person):
Leopold, Frederic, 1895-1989
Date Created:
1984-01-01/1984-12-31
Description:
A report compiling the discoveries from 35 years of nesting wood duck studies written by Frederic Leopold. The typewritten report details Leopold's findings on the nesting habits of wood ducks, including the following: nest site selection, wood duck nesting boxes, mating, egg laying, incubation, hatching, departure from the nest, travel of ducklings to water, predatory animals, and maintenance of the wood duck nest boxes. A table of 35 years of statistics based on over 10,000 observations is included at the end of the report.
Subject (Topic):
Birds--Eggs Birds--Nests Birds--Research Ornithology--Methodology Birdhouses Predatory animals Waterfowl management Eggs--Incubation Ducks--Counting Ducklings Wood duck--Behavior Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Subject (Person):
Hawkins, A. S. (Arthur S.) Bellrose, Frank C. (Frank Chapman), 1916-2005
Location:
Burlington
Latitude:
40.80754
Longitude:
-91.11292
Language:
eng
Source:
Frederic Leopold papers
Call Number:
MS 113
Finding Aid Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9645f
Contributing Institution:
Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Extent:
45 pages
Genre:
reports tables (documents)
Type:
Text
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Frederic Leopold collection
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9cj87k56
Related Resource:
Avian Archives of Iowa Online (avIAn)
Avian Identifier:
3166
Identifier:
leopoldfrederic1367
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9mw28d7p

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