[EBB Sightings] Lake Merrit Scaup sex ratios
[EBB Sightings] Lake Merrit Scaup sex ratios
rscalf
Wed Mar 23 17:23:01 PST 2005
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I took a lunchtime walk to Lake Merritt today. Except for Scaup most divers have left. Saw but a single Bufflehead, a single Goldeneye. But I did again notice something that I have noticed with every trip to Lake Merritt. The Male/Female ratio in the Scaup was perhaps 150 to 1. Extremely lop-sided. Has anyone else noticed this? Sex ratios out on the Bay seem generally normal. Today I saw nearly all Greater, so perhaps the Lessers have largely moved on.
Rusty Scalf
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