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Index of Subjects Don't hear the term 'swingers', too much. That description seems to have been replaced with the label, 'friends with benefits' lol! Gayle MacLean Dartmouth ---- iamclar@Dal.Ca wrote: > All: > > Yesterday at HP I saw a female eider with eight very young ducklings > in a curious crèche, consisting of a three males, one other adult > female, and perhaps 8-10 first-summer (presumably non-breeding) > females, which were distinguished by lack of conspicuous white edgings > on their greater coverts. Presumably almost all other adult females > were still sitting on nests. So, this wasn't a usual example of a > bunch of hens with ducklings grouping for mutual protection of their > young, but a female horning in on a party of swingers. Does anyone > still use that term? > > Also interesting in a very small pond (path rut) at "back cove" was a > Yellow-spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum). Poor place for > breeding. > > Cheers, Ian McLaren >
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