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1 March 2004 Common Loon Pairs Rear Four-Chick Broods
Steven T. A. Timmermans, G. Eoin Craigie, Kathy E. Jones
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Abstract

Common Loons (Gavia immer) normally lay a single clutch of two eggs each breeding season. They occasionally lay one- or three-egg clutches, and rarely, four-egg clutches. Participants of the Canadian Lakes Loon Survey provided seven independent observations of loon pairs rearing four-chick broods. Photographic evidence confirmed two separate instances of adult loon pairs at Anglin Lake, Saskatchewan, and Kasshabog Lake, Ontario, exhibiting parental behavior toward a four-chick brood. Occurrence of four-chick broods may be the result of supernumerary clutches, nest parasitism, post-hatch brood amalgamation, or a combination of these factors.

Steven T. A. Timmermans, G. Eoin Craigie, and Kathy E. Jones "Common Loon Pairs Rear Four-Chick Broods," The Wilson Bulletin 116(1), 97-101, (1 March 2004). https://doi.org/10.1676/03-071
Received: 8 July 2003; Accepted: 1 March 2004; Published: 1 March 2004
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