Common Loon, Gavia immer, Nest Attendance Patterns Recorded by Remote Video Camera

Authors

  • Wing Goodale BioDiversity Research Institute, 19 Flaggy Meadow Road, Gorham, Maine 04038
  • Lee Attix BioDiversity Research Institute, 19 Flaggy Meadow Road, Gorham, Maine 04038
  • David Evers BioDiversity Research Institute, 19 Flaggy Meadow Road, Gorham, Maine 04038

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v119i3.163

Keywords:

Common Loon, Gavia immer, incubation pattern, sex, day, night, remote camera, Maine

Abstract

We recorded the complete day/night nesting attendance of a Common Loon (Gavia immer) pair using a remote video camera. We found that the male and female share incubation duty equally, but that the female incubates primarily at night (95.8%) when the male defends the territory.

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