Subject: Re: Ducks behavior
Date: Jan 22 13:46:38 1996
From: Serge Le Huitouze - serge at cs.sfu.ca


Dennis Paulson writes:

> >I'd like to have some references on books describing courtship behaviors
> >in Ducks.
>
> Courtship behavior of waterfowl is described in a variety of general books
> on waterfowl and books on waterfowl of North America, but the best single
> source is Paul Johnsgard's Handbook of Waterfowl Behavior. My copy is on
> loan now, so I can't give a more detailed citation. Several decades old.
> It's long out of print but should be in some libraries.


Thanks for the info, Dennis.

I got the book in my very hand, now!

I think that should be fun reading: on the inside cover, the picture's
caption is "Long-tailed Duck, Rear-end display".

That's promising... :-)