Foraging dives by surface-feeding ducks

Authors

Janet Kear, Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, Glos., England
Paul A. Johnsgard, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

June 1968

Comments

Published in the Wilson Bulletin 80:2 (June 1968), p. 231. Used by permission of The Wilson Ornithological Society.

Abstract

Recently, R. I. Smith (1966. Wilson Bull., 78:483-484) questioned, among other things, the occurrence of foraging dives by Pintails (Anas acuta). The authors note observations and published accounts of diving behavior of wild Pintails as well as a number of other surface-feeding species.