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... nest in hollow trees , so nesting sites would be at a premium , if nature had not come to the rescue and decided that Wood ducks should nest a month later than Mountain ducks . This means that when Wood ducks are ready to nest , the ...
... nest in hollow trees , so nesting sites would be at a premium , if nature had not come to the rescue and decided that Wood ducks should nest a month later than Mountain ducks . This means that when Wood ducks are ready to nest , the ...
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... nest , she will re- main sitting on eggs with the tractor and plough thundering past her . Occasionally , it is very hard to find the nest as they are very well camouflaged . One year when ploughing , I decided a pair had a nest in a ...
... nest , she will re- main sitting on eggs with the tractor and plough thundering past her . Occasionally , it is very hard to find the nest as they are very well camouflaged . One year when ploughing , I decided a pair had a nest in a ...
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... nest had been and made a small hollow plac- ing the two eggs in it . I hunted round for a little grass to put in the nest but could not find any so resumed my ploughing . As it would take me twenty minutes before I would again be ...
... nest had been and made a small hollow plac- ing the two eggs in it . I hunted round for a little grass to put in the nest but could not find any so resumed my ploughing . As it would take me twenty minutes before I would again be ...
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