hey larry:
The ring-necked numbers at vischer ferry a couple of days ago were also
heavily skewed towards males. Cathy and I were in florida a couple of weeks
ago. There, the big scaup rafts seemed mainly to be heavily skewed toward
females. Maybe this reflects males generally migrating north earlier than
females? Just a guess.
On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM Larry & Penny Alden <overlook...>
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> My neighbor’s pond has had a large group of ducks on it for the past could
> of weeks. The vast majority are Ring-necked Ducks. I did a quick count
> (quick so as not to disturb them) and stopped counting when I hit 100! Of
> note is that the sex ratio is heavily skewed toward males. I think it’s in
> the neighborhood of 10:1 males to females (or even higher).
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> My question is if others have made a similar observation and why this may
> be the case.
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> Larry Alden
> Meadowdale, on the Guilderland-New Scotland border.
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