SURFACE AND DIVING BIRDS (concluded) 



Common Name 

 (Latin name) 



Abundance 



Season of 

 Occurrence 



Nesting ' 



Food Habits 



References 



Lesser Scaup Common- 



( Aythya affinls ) abundant 



Mollusks, Ruppia 



Narcisse, pers. coram. 



Ogden 1969 



Kushlan et al., In prep. 



Bufflehead 



(Bucephala albeola ) 



Rare 



Ruddy Duck Common W 



( Oxyura jamaicensis ) 



Gastropods, crabs, Ogden 1969 



crustaceans Kushlan et al., in prep. 



Potamogeton , Najas , Ogden 1969 

 Zostera , Ruppia , Kushlan et al. 

 mollusks 



in prep. 



Hooded Merganser 

 ( Lophodytes 

 cucullatus ) 



Red-breasted Merganser 

 (Mergus serrator ) 



Purple Gallinule 

 (Porphyrula 

 martlnica ) 



Common Gallinule 



( Gallinula chloropus ) 



American Coot 



(Fulica americana) 



Rare-uncommon 



Common 



Rare 



Common 



Abundant 



W.T 



Yr 



Yr 



W,T 



Fish 



Fish 



Ogden 1969 



Narcisse, pers. coram. 



Aquatic insects, Narcisse, pers. coram, 

 mollusks, Ffrench 1966 



Eleocharis , Paspalum 



Seeds, aquatic 

 insects 



Ruppia , Na j as , 

 Potamogeton , 

 aquatic insects 



Narcisse, pers. coram. 

 Ffrench 1966 



Narcisse, pers. coram. 



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