{"id":41952,"date":"2026-06-29T11:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/?p=41952"},"modified":"2026-06-29T03:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:37:25","slug":"sorting-finds-n16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/2026\/06\/sorting-finds-n16\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorting finds n<\/em>+16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another round of sorting finds, because I emptied out the folders (well, the image<\/em> folders – the video folders still need ‘some work.’) Except, the image sort folders remained empty for less than a day, so I could do it again, but it’s not enough to worry about right now.<\/p>\n

So let’s see, we’ll start with a sequence:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A bit earlier in the year (these are from April,) the wood ducks (Aix sponsa<\/em>) were being seriously territorial, with one in particular being ‘boss,’ or at least that’s how it seemed to us – distinguishing individuals isn’t done by coloration or markings, so we usually use behavior, and this one stood out. Here, he chased a female into the water, despite the fact that we ensure there is enough food for everybody. Just your typical bully…<\/p>\n

I have far too many video clips to compile into a whole narrative, but this hints at it, since we see here a female with her brood:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is right around the time that the ducklings were now able to take the corn – you can see one with a kernel in its beak. We had a lot of broods this year, we’re not even sure how many, but too many to keep track – and on top of that, just yesterday I spotted what appeared to be a brand new collection. This is late, even for a second brood, and I’m not 100% sure it was a wood duck family.<\/p>\n

This all resulted in some interesting collections at the pond edge, at times:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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So let’s see, we have a mother wood duck and her ducklings, with two Canada geese (Branta canadensis<\/em>) behind, a nutria (Myocastor coypus<\/em>) alongside, and an eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis<\/em>) on the tree. The only thing missing are the turtles. We need a closer look at the ducklings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There’s five of them in there, and I can’t say if there were any more behind the tree. At present, nearly all of the broods are close to adult size and developing their adult coloration, though a few stragglers can be found at times. I still have no way of knowing when the nest box is in use, but I’m working on it.<\/p>\n

I have to note, too, that the beaver dam is steadily raising the water levels, and this region you see here is now a pool ringed by the tops of the cypress knees – I will have some comparison images soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another round of sorting finds, because I emptied out the folders (well, the image folders – the video folders still need ‘some work.’) Except, the image sort folders remained empty for less than a day, so I could do it again, but it’s not enough to worry about right now. So let’s see, we’ll start […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[4948,2796,8196,2795,6785,4492,6942,6940,4493,7820,4947],"class_list":["post-41952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature","category-photo","tag-aix-sponsa","tag-branta-canadensis","tag-broods","tag-canada-goose","tag-ducklings","tag-eastern-grey-squirrel","tag-myocastor-coypus","tag-nutria","tag-sciurus-carolinensis","tag-territorial-behavior","tag-wood-duck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41952"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41959,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41952\/revisions\/41959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wading-in.net\/walkabout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}