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| From: | "Pat O'Malley" <> |
| Date: | Thu, 09 Oct 1997 12:50:28 +1000 |
Dear Birders Many thanks for the comments on the melded wood duck family. This family has now gone up to 34 or 35 young (hard to keep count!) - it would appear in 3 separate stages. Does anyone know what happens here? Do young just 'drift off' from other broods by mistake? Do parents desert and others adopt? Why don't the adoptive parents notice? - they don't seem to discriminate (I gather birds can't count, but don't they identify their own by smell?) Pat. Pat O'Malley School of Law and Legal Studies La Trobe University Melbourne Australia 3083 Phone +613 9479 2133 Fax +613 9479 1607 Email: |
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