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1 March 2007 Eastern Screech-owl Hatches Wood Duck Eggs
Christian Artuso
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Abstract

I describe an Eastern Screech-owl (Megascops asio) hatching three Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) eggs in a suburban nest box. Wood Duck(s) removed all five eggs of a completed screech-owl clutch, the earliest of which had already been incubated for at least 19 days, and laid three eggs in their place. The female screech-owl hatched the Wood Duck eggs, preened the ducklings, and attempted to feed them until they exited the nest box within 48 hrs of hatching.

Christian Artuso "Eastern Screech-owl Hatches Wood Duck Eggs," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 119(1), 110-112, (1 March 2007). https://doi.org/10.1676/05-161.1
Received: 22 December 2005; Accepted: 1 July 2006; Published: 1 March 2007
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