Photo Details
July 02,
2004 - Just over the
Utah border
at Bear Lake WMA, Idaho - ©Nicky Davis
Description
L 9.75 WS 24,
Broad gray
wings, In breeding black body, legs and head, White vent
Behavior
Summer on wet
meadows,
marshes and ponds, in winter on coast and at sea. Colonial nesting. Lay
3 dark-marked olive eggs in a loose nest of reeds placed at water's
edge
or floating on the surface. Precocial. Become very agitated
and flutter over the area if you get close to the nest warning you to
back
away to avoid disturbing them. Population is declining probably
due
to loss of freshwater marsh nest sites, pesticides and human
disturbance.
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